Coded-Modulation Techniques for Fading Channels [Hardcover]

Coded-Modulation Techniques for Fading Channels provides the reader with a sound background for the application of bandwidth-efficient coded-modulation techniques in fading channels. The book systematically presents recent developments in the field, which has grown rapidly in recent years, and provides a solid frame of reference for further research in this area.
During the past decade there has been a proliferation of research in the area of bandwidth-efficient coded-modulation techniques. The primary advantage of these schemes over modulation schemes employing traditional error correcting codes is their ability to improve the performance of the communication system without bandwidth expansion. This property makes them a suitable choice for channels which are limited in both power and bandwidth. A typical example of such channels is a mobile satellite channel, where it is desired to accommodate a large number of users in a given bandwidth with a power which is constrained by the physical size of the satellite and by the vehicle's antenna.
Coded-Modulation Techniques for Fading Channels is an excellent reference for researchers and practicing engineers, and may be used as a text for advanced courses on the subject.
1 Fading Channel Modeling.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Statistical Characterization of Multipath Fading Channels.- 1.3 Mobile Radio Channel Characteristics.- 1.4 Fading Channel Simulator.- Problems.- 2 Digital Transmission Over Fading Channels.- 2.1 Elements of Digital Communication Systems.- 2.2 Signal Representation and Signal Space.- 2.3 Maximum Likelihood Receiver.- 2.4 Performance of Some Modulation Techniques in an Awgn Channel.- 2.5 Performance of Some Modulation Techniques on Fading Channels.- 2.6 Error Bound and Cut-off Rate of Coded Schemes.- Problems.- 3 Convolutional Codes.- 3.1 Basic Structure.- 3.2 Distance Properties and Generating Function.- 3.3 DeclCD