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Preface.<br /> <br /> Introduction.<br /> <br /> Digital Communications via Linear, Distorting Channels.<br /> <br /> Precoding Schemes.<br /> <br /> Signal Shaping.<br /> <br /> Combined Precoding and Signal Shaping.<br /> <br /> Appendix A: Wirtinger Calculus.<br /> <br /> Appendix B: Parameters of the Numerical Examples.<br /> <br /> Appendix C: Introduction to Lattices.<br /> <br /> Appendix D: Calculation of Shell Frequency Distribution.<br /> <br /> Appendix E: Precoding for MIMO Channels.<br /> <br /> Appendix F: List of Symbols, Variables, and Acronyms.<br /> <br /> Index.

ROBERT F. H. FISCHER received his PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he is now a member of the Telecommunications Institute, teaching graduate courses in digital communications and supervising various research projects. Previously he held a postdoctoral position at the IBM Research Laboratory in Zurich, where he worked on algorithms and the implementation of PCM voice-band modems. His current work concentrates on fast digital transmission, including single- and multicarrier modulation techniques. Dr. Fischer is the recipient of several awards and holds more than ten international patents in the field of digital communications.

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