Modern Coding Theory
Published on 17. March 2008
Book
Hardback
590 pages
978-0-521-85229-6 (ISBN)
Description
Having trouble deciding which coding scheme to employ, how to design a new scheme, or how to improve an existing system? This summary of the state-of-the-art in iterative coding makes this decision more straightforward. With emphasis on the underlying theory, techniques to analyse and design practical iterative coding systems are presented. Using Gallager's original ensemble of LDPC codes, the basic concepts are extended for several general codes, including the practically important class of turbo codes. The simplicity of the binary erasure channel is exploited to develop analytical techniques and intuition, which are then applied to general channel models. A chapter on factor graphs helps to unify the important topics of information theory, coding and communication theory. Covering the most recent advances, this text is ideal for graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, and practitioners. Additional resources, including instructor's solutions and figures, available online: www.cambridge.org/9780521852296.
Reviews / Votes
'There is definitely a market for a book focusing on LDPC codes, and Tom Richardson and Reudiger Urbanke would be on anyone's short list to write that book. They have made substantive contributions to the theory and practice of LDPC codes. I believe this book will become required reading for researchers in LDPC codes at universities and communications companies around the world.' Thomas Fuja, University of Notre DameMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 150 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-85229-6 (9780521852296)
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Additional editions
Tom Richardson | Ruediger Urbanke
Modern Coding Theory
E-Book
04/2008
1st Edition
Cambridge University Press
€88.99
Available for download
Persons
Tom Richardson is Vice President and Chief Scientist at Flarion Technologies, Inc., New Jersey. He was awarded his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1990 from M.I.T., after which he worked for 10 years at the Bell Labs' Mathematical Sciences Research Center. He is the inventor of over 20 patents. Ruediger Urbanke is a professor in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL). He was awarded his Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1995 from Washington University, after which he worked for Bell Labs until joining the faculty at EPFL in 1999. He is currently on the board for the 'Foundations and Trends in Communications and Information Theory' series for the IEEE.
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Factor graphs; 3. Binary erasure channel; 4. Binary memoryless symmetric channels; 5. General channels ; 6. Convolutional codes and turbo codes; 7. General ensembles; 8. Expander codes and the flipping algorithm; Appendices: A. Encoding low-density parity-check codes; B. Efficient implementation of density evolution; C. Concentration inequalities; D. Formal power sums.