Channel Codes

William E. Ryan is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Arizona, where he has been a faculty member since 1998. Before moving to academia, he held positions in industry for five years. He has published over 100 technical papers and his research interests include coding and signal processing with applications to data storage and data communications. Shu Lin is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis. He has authored and co-authored numerous technical papers and several books, including the successful Error Control Coding (with Daniel J. Costello). He is an IEEE Life Fellow and has received several awards, including the Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize for U.S. Senior Scientists (1996) and the IEEE Third-Millenium Medal (2000).

Preface; 1. Coding and capacity; 2. Finite fields, vector spaces, finite geometries and graphs; 3. Linear block codes; 4. Convolutional codes; 5. Low-density parity-check codes; 6. Computer-based design of LDPC codes; 7. Turbo codes; 8. Ensemble enumerators for turbo and LDPC codes; 9. Ensemble decoding thresholds for LDPC and turbo codes; 10. Finite geometry LDPC codes; 11. Constructions of LDPC codes; 12. LDPC codes based on combinatorial designs, graphs, and superposition; 13. LDPC codes for binary erasure channels; 14. Non-binary LDPC codes; 15. LDPC code applications and advanced topics; Index.