Szczecinski L., Alvarado A. Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation: Fundamentals, Analysis and Design

Wiley, 2015. — 318 p.Presenting a thorough overview of bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM), this book introduces the tools for the analysis and design of BICM transceivers. It explains in details the functioning principles of BICM and proposes a refined probabilistic modeling of the reliability metrics–the so-called L-values–which are at the core of the BICM receivers. Alternatives for transceiver design based on these models are then studied.
Providing new insights into the analysis of BICM, this book is unique in its approach, providing a general framework for analysis and design, focusing on communication theoretic aspects of BICM transceivers. It adopts a tutorial approach, explains the problems in simple terms with the aid of multiple examples and case studies, and provides solutions using accessible mathematical tools.
The book will be an excellent resource for researchers in academia and industry: graduate students, academics, development engineers, and R & D managers.DedicationAcknowledgements
AcronymsCoded Modulation
The Road Towards BICM
Why Everybody Loves BICM
Outline of the ContentsPreliminaries
Notation Convention
Linear Modulation
Coded modulation
Channel Models
The Mapper
Codes and Encoding
The Interleaver
Bibliographical NotesDecoding
Optimal Decoding
BICM Decoder
L-values
Hard-decision Decoding
Bibliographical NotesInformation-Theoretic Elements
Mutual Information and Channel Capacity
Coded Modulation
Bit-interleaved Coded Modulation
BICM, CM and MLC: A Comparison
Numerical Calculation of Mutual Information
Bibliographical NotesProbability Density Functions of L-values
Introduction and Motivation
PDF of L-values for 1D Constellations
PDF of L-values for 2D Constellations
Fading Channels
Gaussian Approximations
Bibliographical NotesPerformance Evaluation
Uncoded Transmission
Coded Transmission
PEP Evaluation
Performance of BICM via Gaussian Approximations
Bibliographical NotesCorrection of L-values
Mismatched Decoding and L-values Correction
Optimal Correction of L-values
Suboptimal Correction of L-values
Bibliographical NotesInterleaver Design
UEP in BICM and M-Interleavers
Exploiting UEP in MPAM Constellations
Bibliographical NotesBICM Receivers for Trellis Codes
BICM with Trivial Interleavers
Code Design for BICM-T
Equivalent Labelings for Trellis Encoders
Bibliographical Notes
References
Index