Advances in Communication Systems

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes

Sequential Signal Design for Channels with Feedback

I. Introduction

II. Feedback Systems with an Average Power Constraint

III. A Time-Continuous Binary System with Peak and Average Power Constraints

Appendix

References

Adaptive Data Compression for Video Signals

I. Introduction

II. Theory and Application of an Adaptive Compression System

III. Experimental Results

References

Some Aspects of Communications Satellite Systems

I. Introduction

II. Communications Satellites

III. Modulation Methods

References

Advances in Threshold Decoding

I. Introduction

II. New Results for Convolutional Codes

III. New Results for Block Codes

IV. Conclusions

References

Coding and Synchronization—The Signal Design Problem

I. Introduction

II. The Phase-Locked Loop Approach

III. Resolving the Remaining Ambiguities

IV. Rapid Acquisition Sequences

V. Summary

Appendix A. The Mean-Square Optimum Cross-Correlation Function

Appendix B. On the Optimality of the Square-Wave Correlation Function for the First-Order Loop

References

Progress in Sequential Decoding

I. Introduction

II. The Wozencraft Sequential Decoding Algorithm

III. The Fano Algorithm

IV. The Buffer Overflow Problem

V. Applications and Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index