Trellis and Turbo Coding

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John Wiley & Sons, Sep 7, 2004 - Technology & Engineering - 386 pages
  • Trellis and turbo coding are used to compress and clean communications signals to allow greater bandwidth and clarity
  • Presents the basics, theory, and applications of these techniques with a focus on potential standard state-of-the art methods in the future
  • Provides a classic basis for anyone who works in the area of digital communications

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Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Communication Theory Basics
25
3 TrellisCoded Modulation
51
4 Convolutional Codes
95
5 Link to Block Codes
125
6 Performance Bounds
155
7 Decoding Strategies
183
8 Factor Graphs
227
9 LowDensity ParityCheck Codes
251
10 Parallel Concatenation Turbo Codes
285
11 Serial Concatenation
329
12 TurboCoded Modulation
351
Index
379
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CHRISTIAN B. SCHLEGEL, PhD, received the Dipl El Ing ETH degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, in 1984, and the MS and doctorate degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. Currently, he is iCORE Professor of Digital Communications at the University of Alberta, Canada.

LANCE C. PEREZ, PhD, received the BSEE degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1987 and the MSEE and PhD degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1989 and 1995, respectively. He is currently a member of the faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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