Contents

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Historical Overview

1.2 Applications of Irregular Variable-Length Coding

1.3 Motivation and Methodology

1.4 Outline of the Book

1.5 Novel Contributions of the Book

Chapter 2: Information Theory Basics

2.1 Issues in Information Theory

2.2 Additive White Gaussian Noise Channel

2.3 Information of a Source

2.4 Average Information of Discrete Memoryless Sources

2.5 Source Coding for a Discrete Memoryless Source

2.6 Entropy of Discrete Sources Exhibiting Memory

2.7 Examples

2.8 Generating Model Sources

2.9 Run-Length Coding for Discrete Sources Exhibiting Memory

2.10 Information Transmission via Discrete Channels

2.11 Capacity of Discrete Channels [216, 223]

2.12 Shannon’s Channel Coding Theorem [220, 228]

2.13 Capacity of Continuous Channels [217, 223]

2.14 Shannon’s Message for Wireless Channels

2.15 Summary and Conclusions

Part I: Regular Concatenated Codes and Their Design

List of Symbols in Part I

Chapter 3: Sources and Source Codes

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Source Models

3.3 Source Codes

3.4 Soft Decoding of Variable-Length Codes

3.5 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 4: Iterative Source–Channel Decoding

4.1 Concatenated Coding and the Turbo Principle

4.2 SISOAPP Decoders and their EXIT Characteristics

4.3 Iterative Source–Channel Decoding Over AWGN Channels

4.4 Iterative Channel Equalization, Channel Decoding and Source Decoding

4.5 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 5: Three-Stage Serially Concatenated Turbo Equalization

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Soft-In Soft-Out MMSE Equalization

5.3 Turbo Equalization Using MAP/MMSE Equalizers

5.4 Three-Stage Serially Concatenated Coding and MMSE Equalization

5.5 Approaching the Channel Capacity Using EXIT-Chart Matching and IRCCs

5.6 Rate Optimization of Serially Concatenated Codes

5.7 Joint Source-Channel Turbo Equalization Revisited

5.8 Summary and Conclusions

Part II: Irregular Concatenated VLCs and Their Design

List of Symbols in Part II

Chapter 6: Irregular Variable-Length Codes for Joint Source and Channel Coding

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Over view of Proposed Scheme

6.3 Transmission Frame Structure

6.4 VDVQ/RVLC Encoding

6.5 APP SISO VDVQ/RVLC Decoding

6.6 Simulation Results

6.7 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 7: Irregular Variable-Length Codes for EXIT-Chart Matching

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Overview of Proposed Schemes

7.3 Parameter Design for the Proposed Schemes

7.4 Simulation Results

7.5 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 8: Genetic Algorithm-Aided Design of Irregular Variable-Length Coding Components

8.1 Introduction

8.2 The Free Distance Metric

8.3 Overview of the Proposed Genetic Algorithm

8.4 Overview of Proposed Scheme

8.5 Parameter Design for the Proposed Scheme

8.6 Simulation Results

8.7 Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 9: Joint EXIT-Chart Matching of Irregular Variable-Length Coding and Irregular Unity-Rate Coding

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Modifications of the EXIT-Chart Matching Algorithm

9.3 Joint EXIT-Chart Matching

9.4 Overview of the Transmission Scheme Considered

9.5 System Parameter Design

9.6 Simulation Results

9.7 Summary and Conclusions

Part III: Applications of VLCs

Chapter 10: Iteratively Decoded VLC Space–Time Coded Modulation: Code Construction and Convergence Analysis

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Space–Time Coding Overview

10.3 Two-Dimensional VLC Design

10.4 VL-STCM Scheme

10.5 VL-STCM-ID Scheme

10.6 Convergence Analysis

10.7 Simulation Results

10.8 Non-Binary VL-STCM

10.9 Conclusions

Chapter 11: Iterative Detection of Three-Stage Concatenated IrVLC FFH-MFSK

11.1 Introduction

11.2 System Overview

11.3 Iterative Decoding

11.4 System Parameter Design and Results

11.5 Conclusion

Chapter 12: Conclusions and Future Research

12.1 Chapter 1: Introduction

12.2 Chapter2:Information Theory Basics

12.3 Chapter3: Sources and Source Codes

12.4 Chapter4: Iterative Source–Channel Decoding

12.5 Chapter5: Three-Stage Serially Concatenated Turbo Equalization

12.6 Chapter 6: Joint Source and Channel Coding

12.7 Chapters 7–9: EXIT-Chart Matching

12.8 Chapter 8: GA-Aided Design of Irregular VLC Components

12.9 Chapter 9: Joint EXIT-Chart Matching of IRVLCs and IRURCs

12.10 Chapter 10: Iteratively Decoded VLC Space–Time Coded Modulation

12.11 Chapter 11: Iterative Detection of Three-Stage Concatenated IrVLCFFH-MFSK

12.12 Future Work

12.13 Closing Remarks

Appendix A VLC Construction Algorithms

A.1 First RVLC Construction Algorithm

A.2 Second RVLC Construction Algorithm

A.3 Greedy Algorithm and Majority Voting Algorithm (MVA)

Appendix B SISO VLC Decoder

Appendix C APP Channel Equalization

Bibliography

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Subject Index

Author Index