Convolutional Coding: Fundamentals and Applications

Here is an exceptional reference for gaining first-hand theoretical and practical knowledge of error-control coding and decoding. This book examines the principles of rate-compatible punctured convolutional codes as well as combined coding, modulation and equalization for intersymbol interference channels. The author supplies sample codes for software simulations of practical digital communication systems, covers each class of codes in detail, and provides examples and simulation results.