\chapter{Theoretical Background}% \label{chapter:theoretical_background} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Preliminaries: Channel Model and Modulation} \label{sec:theo:Preliminaries: Channel Model and Modulation} \begin{itemize} \item AWGN \item BPSK \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Notation} \label{sec:theo:Notation} % % TODOs % \begin{itemize} \item General remarks on notation (matrices, PDF, etc.) \item \sout{Diagram from midterm presentation} \end{itemize} % % Figure showing notation for entire coding / decoding process % \tikzstyle{box} = [rectangle, minimum width=1.5cm, minimum height=0.7cm, rounded corners=0.1cm, text centered, draw=black, fill=KITgreen!80] \begin{figure}[htpb] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1, transform shape] \node (in) {$\boldsymbol{c}$}; \node[box, right=0.5cm of in] (bpskmap) {Mapper}; \node[right=1.5cm of bpskmap, draw, circle, inner sep=0pt, minimum size=0.5cm] (add) {$+$}; \node[below=0.5cm of add] (noise) {$\boldsymbol{z}$}; \node[box, right=1.5cm of add] (decoder) {Decoder}; \node[box, right=1.5cm of decoder] (demapper) {Demapper}; \node[right=0.5cm of demapper] (out) {$\boldsymbol{\hat{c}}$}; \node at ($(bpskmap.east)!0.5!(add.west) + (0,0.3cm)$) {$\boldsymbol{x}$}; \node at ($(add.east)!0.5!(decoder.west) + (0,0.3cm)$) {$\boldsymbol{y}$}; \node at ($(decoder.east)!0.5!(demapper.west) + (0,0.3cm)$) {$\boldsymbol{\hat{x}}$}; \draw[->] (in) -- (bpskmap); \draw[->] (bpskmap) -- (add); \draw[->] (add) -- (decoder); \draw[->] (noise) -- (add); \draw[->] (decoder) -- (demapper); \draw[->] (demapper) -- (out); \end{tikzpicture} \end{figure} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Channel Coding with LDPC Codes} \label{sec:theo:Channel Coding with LDPC Codes} \begin{itemize} \item Introduction \item Binary linear codes \item LDPC codes \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Decoding LDPC Codes using Belief Propagation} \label{sec:theo:Decoding LDPC Codes using Belief Propagation} \begin{itemize} \item Introduction to message passing \item Overview of BP altorithm \end{itemize} %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% \section{Optimization Methods} \label{sec:theo:Optimization Methods} \begin{itemize} \item ADMM \item Proximal gradient method \end{itemize}