The course notes are written by Prof. David Forney, and are organized by chapter.
Calendar table.
| Lec # |
CHAPTERS |
Topics |
| 1 |
1-3 |
Introduction
Sampling Theorem and Orthonormal PAM/QAM
Capacity of AWGN Channels |
| 2 |
4 |
Performance of Small Signal Constellations |
| 3-4 |
5 |
Hard-decision and Soft-decision Decoding |
| 5-6 |
6 |
Introduction to Binary Block Codes |
| 7-9 |
7 |
Introduction to Finite Fields |
| 10-12 |
8 |
Reed-Solomon Codes |
|
|
Review Session |
|
|
Midterm Exam |
| 13-14 |
9 |
Introduction to Convolutional Codes |
| 15-16 |
10 |
Trellis Representations of Binary Linear Block Codes |
| 17-18 |
11 |
Codes on Graphs |
| 19 |
12 |
The Sum-Product Algorithm |
| 20-21 |
13 |
Turbo, LDPC, and RA Codes |
| 22-23 |
14 |
Lattice and Trellis Codes |
| 24-25 |
15 |
Linear Gaussian Channels |
|
|
Final Exam Period |