Coding and modulation for spectral efficient transmission [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Nabil Sven Muhammad

Coding and Modulation for SpectralEfficient TransmissionVon der Fakultät Informatik, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnikder Universität Stuttgart zur Erlangung der Würde einesDoktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.) genehmigte AbhandlungVorgelegt vonNabil Sven Muhammadaus FuldaHauptberichter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. SpeidelMitberichter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. YangTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 20. Juli 2010Institut für Nachrichtenübertragung der Universität Stuttgart2010AcknowledgementsThis dissertation is the outcome of my activities as a research assistant at the Institute ofTelecommunications (INÜ), University of Stuttgart, Germany.I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Joachim Speidel for giving me the oppor-tunity to work under his supervision. I owe him special thanks for having confidence in meand offering me the freedom to develop own ideas. His door was always open for fruit-ful discussions and advice. Furthermore, he sharpened my way of thinking towards a clearand scientific perspective. He constantly encouraged me in pursuing challenging tasks andenabled the publication of my research results.I would also like to thank Professor Bin Yang for the assessment of this thesis and his valu-able comments.Warm thanks go to all my former colleagues at the INÜ. I had a great time working withyou. Special thanks to Dr.