ECE 259BN: Homework Assignments, Winter 2008

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• Assignment #1: due Thursday, January 17, 2008 [extended to January 29]


1. Read Chapters 1, 2, and 4 of Schlegel and Perez.
2. Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Biglieri, et al.


3. Complete Problem Set #1 .


• Assignment #2: due Thursday, January 31, 2008 [extended to February 5]


1. Read Chapters 6.1 - 6.3 and 7.6 of Schlegel and Perez
2. Read Chapter 2.7 of Biglieri, et al.
3. Read Chapters 9.1 - 9.3 of McEliece.


4. Complete Problem Set #2 .


• Assignment #3: due Thursday, February 14, 2008 [extended to February 26]


1. Read Chapters 7.7-7.8 (APP Symbol Decoding and Log-APP and Approximations) of Schlegel and Perez.
2. Read Appendix D of McEliece.
3. Read Electronic Reserves: "Turbo Codes" papers 1 - 4
   
4. Complete Problem Set #3 .


• Assignment #4: due Thursday, February 28, 2008
  
  
1. Read Chapters 6.1 - 6.3, 7.5 - 7.6, and 10 of Schlegel and Perez.
2. (Another good reference is Chapter 16, Lin and Costello, Second Edition.)
3. Read Reserve Papers: "Turbo Codes," Papers 1 - 4.
4. Complete Problem Set #4 .



• Assignment #5: due Tuesday, March 13, 2008
  
  


1. Read Chapters 3.1-3.4 of Schlegel and Perez.


2. Read Chapter 3 of Biglieri, et al.
3. Read Reserve Papers: "Trellis-Coded Modulation," Papers 1,7, and 8 (Ungerboeck).
4. Complete Problem Set #5 .

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