subroutine bpdecode174_91(llr,apmask,maxiterations,message77,cw,nharderror,iter)
!
! A log-domain belief propagation decoder for the (174,91) code.
!
use iso_c_binding, only: c_loc,c_size_t
use crc
integer, parameter:: N=174, K=91, M=N-K
integer*1 cw(N),apmask(N)
integer*1 decoded(K)
integer*1 message77(77)
integer nrw(M),ncw
integer Nm(7,M)   
integer Mn(3,N)  ! 3 checks per bit
integer synd(M)
real tov(3,N)
real toc(7,M)
real tanhtoc(7,M)
real zn(N)
real llr(N)
real Tmn

include "ldpc_174_91_c_reordered_parity.f90"

decoded=0
toc=0
tov=0
tanhtoc=0
! initialize messages to checks
do j=1,M
  do i=1,nrw(j)
    toc(i,j)=llr((Nm(i,j)))
  enddo
enddo

ncnt=0

do iter=0,maxiterations

! Update bit log likelihood ratios (tov=0 in iteration 0).
  do i=1,N
    if( apmask(i) .ne. 1 ) then
      zn(i)=llr(i)+sum(tov(1:ncw,i))
    else
      zn(i)=llr(i)
    endif
  enddo

! Check to see if we have a codeword (check before we do any iteration).
  cw=0
  where( zn .gt. 0. ) cw=1
  ncheck=0
  do i=1,M
    synd(i)=sum(cw(Nm(1:nrw(i),i)))
    if( mod(synd(i),2) .ne. 0 ) ncheck=ncheck+1
!   if( mod(synd(i),2) .ne. 0 ) write(*,*) 'check ',i,' unsatisfied'
  enddo
! write(*,*) 'number of unsatisfied parity checks ',ncheck
  if( ncheck .eq. 0 ) then ! we have a codeword - if crc is good, return it
    decoded=cw(1:K)
    call chkcrc14a(decoded,nbadcrc)
    nharderror=count( (2*cw-1)*llr .lt. 0.0 )
    if(nbadcrc.eq.0) then
      message77=decoded(1:77)
      return
    endif
  endif

  if( iter.gt.0 ) then  ! this code block implements an early stopping criterion
!  if( iter.gt.10000 ) then  ! this code block implements an early stopping criterion
    nd=ncheck-nclast
    if( nd .lt. 0 ) then ! # of unsatisfied parity checks decreased
      ncnt=0  ! reset counter
    else
      ncnt=ncnt+1
    endif
!    write(*,*) iter,ncheck,nd,ncnt
    if( ncnt .ge. 5 .and. iter .ge. 10 .and. ncheck .gt. 15) then
      nharderror=-1
      return
    endif
  endif
  nclast=ncheck

! Send messages from bits to check nodes 
  do j=1,M
    do i=1,nrw(j)
      ibj=Nm(i,j)
      toc(i,j)=zn(ibj)  
      do kk=1,ncw ! subtract off what the bit had received from the check
        if( Mn(kk,ibj) .eq. j ) then  
          toc(i,j)=toc(i,j)-tov(kk,ibj)
        endif
      enddo
    enddo
  enddo

! send messages from check nodes to variable nodes
  do i=1,M
    tanhtoc(1:7,i)=tanh(-toc(1:7,i)/2)
  enddo

  do j=1,N
    do i=1,ncw
      ichk=Mn(i,j)  ! Mn(:,j) are the checks that include bit j
      Tmn=product(tanhtoc(1:nrw(ichk),ichk),mask=Nm(1:nrw(ichk),ichk).ne.j)
      call platanh(-Tmn,y)
!      y=atanh(-Tmn)
      tov(i,j)=2*y
    enddo
  enddo

enddo
nharderror=-1
return
end subroutine bpdecode174_91
