Intensive course
Syllabus
Syllabus: Short introduction on the main results of detection theory. MAP sequence detection and MAP symbol detection. Modulation formats: Linear (PSK, QAM, QPSK) and continuous phase (CPM) modulations. Laurent decomposition of CPMs. Detection of linear modulation and CPM. Reduced-complexity receivers for CPM. Codes (with focus on decoding): Convolutional codes, block codes, turbo codes, LDPC. Viterbi and BCJR algorithm. Message-passing decoding of LDPC. LDPC mapped onto multidimensional constellations: iterative vs. non iterative demapping and decoding. Detection in the presence of unknown parameters: synchronization. Data-aided, non-data-aided, decision directed, soft-decision-directed synchronization. Examples of algorithms for phase, frequency and timing synchronization. Bayesian estimation based on factor graphs. Non linear satellite channels: effects of a TWTA, Volterra-series expansion, countemeasures (predistorters and detectors). Viewgraphs.