Introduction to Convolutional Codes with Applications

✍ Scribed by Ajay Dholakia (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 255
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 275
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Introduction to Convolutional Codes with Applications is an introduction to the basic concepts of convolutional codes, their structure and classification, various error correction and decoding techniques for convolutionally encoded data, and some of the most common applications. The definition and representations, distance properties, and important classes of convolutional codes are also discussed in detail.
The book provides the first comprehensive description of table-driven correction and decoding of convolutionally encoded data. Complete examples of Viterbi, sequential, and majority-logic decoding technique are also included, allowing a quick comparison among the different decoding approaches.
Introduction to Convolutional Codes with Applications summarizes the research of the last two decades on applications of convolutional codes in hybrid ARQ protocols. A new classification allows a natural way of studying the underlying concepts of hybrid schemes and accommodates all of the new research. A novel application of fast decodable invertible convolutional codes for lost packet recovery in high speed networks is described. This opens the door for using convolutional coding for error recovery in high speed networks.
Practicing communications, electronics, and networking engineers who want to get a better grasp of the underlying concepts of convolutional coding and its applications will greatly benefit by the simple and concise style of explanation. An up-to-date bibliography of over 300 papers is included. Also suitable for use as a textbook or a reference text in an advanced course on coding theory with emphasis on convolutional codes.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Error Control Coding: An Overview....Pages 3-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Convolutional Codes and Encoders....Pages 19-42
Distance Properties of Convolutional Codes and Encoders....Pages 43-56
Classes of Convolutional Codes and Encoders....Pages 57-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Viterbi Decoding....Pages 97-116
Sequential Decoding....Pages 117-126
Majority-Logic Decoding....Pages 127-136
Table Look-Up Decoding....Pages 137-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Fixed-Redundancy Error Control Schemes....Pages 149-162
Variable-Redundancy Error Control Schemes....Pages 163-170
Error Recovery in High-Speed Networks....Pages 171-186
Back Matter....Pages 187-242

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering; Coding and Information Theory; Information and Communication, Circuits