Basic concepts ofestimation. Kramer-Rao limit forthe variance ofestimators. The classictoolsforestimationof deterministicparameters.Minimum varianceestimators, sufficientstatistics, the best linearestimator, estimation bymethod of minimalsquares.Estimation ofnondeterministicparameters(Bayesianapproach). Prediction. Adaptiveinterference suppression.
Optimum receiversfor systemswith intersymbol interference. Adaptivelinear equalization. Adaptiveequalizationwith feedback. Recursivealgorithms. Viterbialgorithm. Iterativedecoding.