Fundamentals of Convolutional Coding, 2nd Edition

Fundamentals of Convolutional Coding, Second Edition, regarded as a bible of convolutional coding brings you a clear and comprehensive discussion of the basic principles of this field

• Two new chapters on low-density parity-check (LDPC) convolutional codes and iterative coding
• Viterbi, BCJR, BEAST, list, and sequential decoding of convolutional codes
• Distance properties of convolutional codes
• Includes a downloadable solutions manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Convolutional encoders—Structural properties
Chapter 3 Distance properties of convolutional codes
Chapter 4 Decoding of convolutional codes
Chapter 5 Random ensemble bounds for decoding error probability
Chapter 6 List decoding
Chapter 7 Sequential decoding
Chapter 8 Lowdensity paritycheck codes
Chapter 9 Turbo coding
Chapter 10 Convolutional codes with good distance properties
Appendix A: Minimal encoders
Appendix B: Wald’s identity