Codes, Graphs, and Systems A Celebration of the Life and Career of G. David Forney, Jr. on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday

Foreword by James L. Massey. Codes, Graphs, and Systems is an excellent reference for both academic researchers and professional engineers working in the fields of communications and signal processing. A collection of contributions from world-renowned experts in coding theory, information theory, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Blahut, Richard E. (Editor), Koetter, Ralf (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 2002, 2002
Edition:1st ed. 2002
Series:The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I Convolutional Codes, Turbo Codes, and Other Words of Wisdom
  • The Mutations of Convolutional Coding (Around the Trellis)
  • Heavy Tails, Phase Transitions, and the Nature of Cutoff
  • Concatenated Codes with Convolutional Inner Codes
  • Equivalence of Systematic and Nonsystematic Convolutional Encoders
  • Systematic Bits are Better and No Buts About It
  • II Detection and Equalization
  • Sequence Detection: Backward and Forward in Time
  • Least Squares and Kalman Filtering on Forney Graphs
  • Iterative Algorithms for Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection
  • III Modems
  • V.92: The Final Chapter in the Never-ending Story of Dial-up Modems
  • Modems to Mars
  • Existence of Good Codes with Low Peak-to-Average Power Ratios
  • IV Physics and Information Theory
  • On Synchronization and ISI for Jammed Timing Channels
  • Decoding Only the Strongest CDMA Users
  • Power Limited Channels: Coding, Multiaccess, and Spread Spectrum
  • Recursive Construction of Multi-Channel Transmission Lines
  • On the Capacity of Multimode Optical Fibers
  • Huffman Shaping
  • V Lattices and Geometry
  • Lattices and Cryptography
  • A Simple Construction for the Barnes-Wall Lattices
  • VI Behaviors and Codes on Graphs
  • Minimal Bases of Rational Vector Spaces and their Importance
  • Finite Geometry Low Density Parity-Check Codes
  • The Tetrahedral Golay Code
  • On the Representation of Codes in Forney Graphs