Part 3: Channel Coding: From DMCs to Gaussian Channels

Chapter 11: Coding for the Gaussian Channel

Intermediate~210 min

Learning Objectives

  • Describe lattice codes and explain how they achieve AWGN capacity
  • Compare turbo, LDPC, and polar codes from an information-theoretic perspective
  • Explain Ar\i kan's channel polarization phenomenon and how it enables polar codes
  • Decompose the gap to capacity into coding gain and shaping gain
  • Explain probabilistic shaping and how it closes the shaping gap
  • Relate these coding constructions to practical deployments in 5G NR

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Prerequisites

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