Bit-interleaved coded modulation: fundamentals, analysis, and design

Presenting a thorough overview of bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM), this book introduces the tools for the analysis and design of BICM transceivers. It explains in details the functioning principles of BICM and proposes a refined probabilistic modeling of the reliability metrics-the so-called L-values-which are at the core of the BICM receivers. Alternatives for transceiver design based on these models are then studied. Providing new insights into the analysis of BICM, this book is unique in its approach, providing a general framework for analysis and design, focusing on communicati.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Acronyms; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Coded Modulation; 1.2 The Road Toward BICM; 1.3 Why Everybody Loves BICM; 1.4 Outline of the Contents; References; Chapter 2 Preliminaries; 2.1 Notation Convention; 2.2 Linear Modulation; 2.3 Coded Modulation; 2.3.1 Trellis-Coded Modulation; 2.3.2 Multilevel Coding; 2.3.3 Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation; 2.4 Channel Models; 2.5 The Mapper; 2.5.1 Constellation; 2.5.2 Binary Labeling; 2.5.3 Distribution and Shaping; 2.6 Codes and Encoding; 2.6.1 Convolutional Codes.

2.6.2 Modeling the Code Bits in Convolutional Encoders2.6.3 Turbo Codes; 2.7 The Interleaver; 2.8 Bibliographical Notes; References; Chapter 3 Decoding; 3.1 Optimal Decoding; 3.2 BICM Decoder; 3.3 L-values; 3.3.1 PDF of L-values for Binary Modulation; 3.3.2 Fundamental Properties of the L-values; 3.3.3 Approximations; 3.4 Hard-Decision Decoding; 3.5 Bibliographical Notes; References; Chapter 4 Information-Theoretic Elements; 4.1 Mutual Information and Channel Capacity; 4.2 Coded Modulation; 4.2.1 CM Mutual Information; 4.2.2 CM Capacity; 4.3 Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation.

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