Design and Implementation Aspects of Multilevel Codes in Hierarchical Broadcasting Communications [Elektronische Ressource] / Aharón Jesús Vargas Barroso. Betreuer: Wolfgang Gerstacker

Design and Implementation Aspects ofMultilevel Codes in HierarchicalBroadcasting CommunicationsDer Technischen Fakultät derUniversität Erlangen-Nürnbergzur Erlangung des GradesDOKTOR-INGENIEURvorgelegt vonAharón Jesús Vargas BarrosoErlangen–2011Als Dissertation genehmigt vonder Technischen Fakultät derUniversität Erlangen-NürnbergTag der Einreichnung: 01.07.2011Tag der Promotion: 29.09.2011Dekan: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reinhard GermanBerichterstatter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang GerstackerProf. Dr.-Ing. Albert HeubergerAcknowledgementEspecially I thank Prof. Wolfgang Gerstacker for supervising this thesis in anunique and excellent way, and for all the concise and detailed advises, guidance andsupport. Many thanks to Prof. Albert Heuberger for his interest in my work and foracting as co–referee on my thesis committee.My best thanks go to M. Breiling for his awesome guidance during the first stepsof my thesis and his continuous ideas and useful discussions. Without him, I wouldnot have completed this work. Thanks to the colleagues at University of Erlangen,for their support and the nice common time.I am indebted to the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits in Erlangen forsupporting me during my thesis. In particular, I would like to thank M. Schlicht forsparing me from project work during the final phase and thereby giving me the timeto finish my thesis.I would like to thank my parents and family for their continuous encouragementduring my life.