ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we study the maximum-likelihood MC encoding and decoding combined with an ISI channel. We first present the performance analysis by using the union bound, which is determined by the distance spectrum of the combined MC. We then present an algorithm to calculate the distance spectrum by introducing the error-pattern trellis due to the simple MC encoding operations. We also present an algorithm to find the optimal MC given an ISI channel such that the free distance of the combined MC is the maximal. In this chapter, the results in [178] are summarized.
