Table of Contents

Section 1 Coding: an efficient method for Servo-ID synchronization with error-correcting properties; correction of single-byte errors by the (16,8) Nordstrom-Robinson code; bit error probability and encoder structure, and the first iteration in decoding; some information-theoretic aspects of uniquely decodable codes; decoding of Reed-Muller codes on Pascal triangles; modified generalized weighted sum codes for error control; improved GPT public key cryptosystems; suboptimum decoding based on the recursive maximum likelihood decoding algorithm; the discrete noiseless channel revisited; Gallager codes recent results; new applications for McEliece's cryptosystems; end to end encryption synchronization method for digital private mobile radio (PMR) systems; decoding of tail biting codes; neural networks for predicting turbo decoder error and convergence; performance of low complexity decoding of concatenated reed Solomon codes. Section 2 Communications: frequency domain equilization for OFDM systems with mapping of data onto subcarrier pairs and overlapping symbol periods; Lossy 4D biosemiotic visual human scale equaliser for TV/Video source coding; interface mitigation using parsimonious signal representations; the complex finite field Hartley transform; turbo coded image transmission over noisy channels; data transfer in the Pierre Auger observatory; orthogonal multilevel spreading sequence design; modelling and simulation on high Pincount connector systems; low-complexity design and realization of two-channel linear-phase biorthogonal filter banks; an algebraic approach; a binary sequence pair with zero derived from complementary pairs; efficient turbo coded ARQ for low Earth orbit microsatellites; non-data-aided and decision-directed synchronization of turbo-coded modulation schemes; chirp sequences for wireless data networks. Section 3 Broadcasting: optimized COFDM waveform and coding schemes for digital terrestrial radio broadcasting; modulation and coding scheme using serial transmission for digital radio broadcast in the HF band; MPEG-4 scalable audio coding for digital video broadcasting - state-of-the-art and future developments; new opportunities for broadcasting below 30MHz; robust hierarchical broadcasting for AWGN and flat Rayleigh fading channels using multilevel codes.