Error Correction Coding : Mathematical Methods and Algorithms

Preface. List of Program Files. List of Laboratory Exercises. List of Algorithms. List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Boxes. PART I: INTRODUCTION AND FOUNDATIONS. 1. A Context for Error Correcting Coding. PART II: BLOCK CODES. 2. Groups and Vector Spaces. 3. Linear Block Codes. 4. Cyclic Codes, Rings, and Polynomials. 5. Rudiments of Number Theory and Algebra. 6. BCH and Reed-Solomon Codes: Designer Cyclic Codes. 7. Alternate Decoding Algorithms for Reed-Solomon Codes. 8. Other Important Block Codes. 9. Bounds on Codes. 10. Bursty Channels, Interleavers, and Concatenation. 11. Soft-Decision Decoding Algorithms. PART III: CODES ON GRAPHS. 12. Convolution Codes. 13. Trefils Coded Modulation. PART IV: INTERATIVELY DECODED CODES. 14. Turbo Codes. 15. Low-Density Parity-Check Codes. 16. Decoding Algorithms on Graphs. PART V: SPACE-TIME CODING. 17. Fading Channels and Space-Time Coding. References. Index.