Iterative Receiver Design

by Henk Wymeersch

Overview

Iterative processing is an important technique with numerous applications. Exploiting the power of factor graphs, this detailed survey provides a general framework for systematically developing iterative algorithms for digital receivers, and highlights connections between important algorithms. Starting with basic concepts in digital communications, progressively more complex ideas are presented and integrated resulting in the development of cutting-edge algorithms for iterative receivers. Real-world applications are covered in detail, including decoding for turbo and LDPC codes, and detection for multi-antenna and multi-user systems. This accessible framework will allow the reader to apply factor graphs to practical problems, leading to the design of new algorithms in applications beyond digital receivers. With many examples and algorithms in pseudo-code, this book is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in electrical engineering and computer science, and for practitioners in the communications industry. Additional resources for this title are available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521873154.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521873154
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/06/2007
Pages:	274
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 9.72(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Henk Wymeersch is a postdoctoral associate in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He obtained his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University, Belgium, in 2005. In 2006 he received the Alcatel Bell Scientific Award for 'an original study of Information and Communication Technology, Concepts and Multimedia applications'.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Digital communication; 3. Estimation theory and Monte Carlo techniques; 4. Factor graphs and the Sum-Product algorithm; 5. Statistical inference using factor graphs; 6. State-space models; 7. Factor graphs in digital communication; 8. Decoding; 9. Demapping; 10. Equalization: general formulation; 11. Equalization: single-user single-antenna communication; 12. Equalization: multi-antenna communication; 13. Equalization: multi-user communication; 14. Synchronization and channel estimation; 15. Appendices; List of algorithms; Bibliography; Index.