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\thesisTitle{Application of Optimization Algorithms for Channel Decoding}
\thesisType{Bachelor's Thesis}
\thesisAuthor{Andreas Tsouchlos}
%\thesisAdvisor{Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laurent Schmalen}
%\thesisHeadOfInstitute{Prof. Dr.-Ing. Laurent Schmalen}
\thesisSupervisor{Name of assistant}
\thesisStartDate{24.10.2022}
\thesisEndDate{24.04.2023}
\thesisSignatureDate{Signature date} % TODO: Signature date
\thesisLanguage{english}
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    % 1. Introduction
    %   - Problem definition
    %   - Motivation
    %   - Results summary
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    % 2. Theoretical Background
    %   2.2 Notation
    %       - General remarks on notation (matrices, ...)
    %       - Probabilistic quantities(random variables, PDFs, ...)
    %   2.1 Preliminaries: Channel Model and Modulation
    %       - AWGN
    %       - BPSK
    %   2.3 Channel Coding with LDPC Codes
    %       - Introduction
    %       - Binary linear codes
    %       - LDPC codes
    %   2.4 Decoding LDPC Codes using Belief Propagation
    %       - Introduction to message passing
    %       - Overview of BP algorithm
    %   2.5 Optimization Methods
    %       - ADMM
    %       - Proximal gradient method
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    % 3. Decoding Techniques
    %   3.1 Decoding using Optimization Methods
    %       - General methodology
    %   3.2 LP Decoding using ADMM
    %       - Equivalent ML optimization problem
    %       - LP relaxation
    %       - ADMM as a solver
    %   3.3 Proximal Decoding
    %       - Formulation of optimization problem
    %       - Proximal gradient method as a solver
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    %   4.1 General implementation process
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    %   4.1 LP Decoding using ADMM
    %       - Choice of parameters
    %       - Selected projection algorithm
    %       - Adaptive linear programming decoding?
    %   4.2 Proximal Decoding
    %       - Choice of parameters
    %       - Road to improved implementation
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    %   5.1 LP Decoding using ADMM
    %   5.2 Proximal Decoding
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    %   5.3 Comparison of BP, Proximal Decoding and LP Decoding using ADMM
    %       - Decoding performance
    %       - Complexity & runtime (mention difficulty in reaching conclusive
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    %   3.3 Results
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    \include{chapters/discussion}
    \include{chapters/conclusion}
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