1 Introduction. - 1. 1 About The Book. - 1. 2 Acknowledgments. - 2 Generalised Array Codes. - 2. 1 Array Encoding Technique. - 2. 2 Generalised Array Codes. - 2. 3 Recursive Encoding Technique For Some Classes of Block Codes Based On Array Decomposition. - 2. 4 Generalised Array Codes For Partial Response Channels. - 3 Trellis Structure of Block Codes. - 3. 1 Introduction to the Problem. - 3. 2 Fundamental Definitions. - 3. 3 Trellis Representation Of Array Codes. - 3. 4 Trellis Decoding of Generalised Array Codes. - 3. 5 Trellis Decoding of Block Codes in PR Channels. - 4 Adaptive Encoding and Trellis Decoding Techniques. - 4. 1 Adaptive Encoding/Decoding In Digital Communications. - 4. 2 Adaptive Block Codes With Constant Dimension And Their Trellis Decoding. - 4. 3 Adaptive Block Codes With Constant Code Length And Their Trellis Decoding. - 4. 4 Nested Encoding And Trellis Decoding Technique. - 4. 5 Application of Adaptive Encoding and Trellis Decoding In ARQ Systems. - 4. 6 Adaptive Spectral Shaping Codes And Their Trellis Decoding. - 5 Reed-Solomon Codes and Their Trellis Decoding. - 5. 1 Finite Fields and Reed-Solomon Codes. - 5. 2 Array Decomposition Of Reed-Solomon Codes. - 5. 3 Trellis Decoding of RS Codes. - 5. 4 Shannon Product of Trellises. - 5. 5 Syndrome Trellis Design for RS Codes. - 5. 6 Coset trellises for RS Codes. - 5. 7 Sub-Optimum Trellis Decoding of Reed-Solomon Codes. - 6 Application of Trellis Decoders: Multi-Functional Trellis Decoding of Block Codes. - 6. 1 Elements of Multi-Functional Coding. - 6. 2 Block-Coded Trellis Modulation. - 6. 3 Synchronisation Protocols For Multi-Functional Trellis Decoding. - 6. 4 Real-Time Channel Estimation In Multi-Functional Trellis Decoders. - References. - A Graphic Illustration of the Trellis Design Procedure for Array Codes. - B Graphic Illustration of the Trellis DesignProcedure for Block Codes. - C Graphic Simulation of Trellis Decoders. Language: English