Turbo Codes
Subtitle: Desirable and Designable
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781402076602
Subjects: Coding theory & cryptology; Cybernetics & systems theory; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Veterinary Science; Technology; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; Data Transmission Systems - General; Wireless communication systems; Computers - Communications / Networking; Science/Mathematics; Quality control; Error-correcting codes (Inform; Telecommunications; Technology / Engineering / Electrical; Data compression (Telecommunic; Data compression (Telecommunication); Error-correcting codes (Information theory)
First sentence: The 20th century saw the evolution of wireless communications through electromagnetic waves from the first telegraphic transmission in 1895 by Gugliemo Marconi towards the current so-called 'third generation' (3G) [1] and WiFi [2] multimedia communication devices that allow to exchange voice, image and data information at speeds of respectively a couple to over fifty megabits per second (Mb/s).