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1. Turbo-codes: From First Principles to Recent Standards 2. Turbo-Code Constructions 3. LDPC Code Constructions 4. LDPC Decoders 5. Code Design with EXIT Charts 6. Failures and Error-Floors of Iterative Decoders 7. Rate-Compatible LDPC and Turbo Codes for Link Adaptivity and Unequal Error Protection 8. Rateless Coding 9. An Introduction to Distributed Channel Coding 10. Space-Time Coding 11. Coded Modulations 12. Joint Source-Channel Coding and Decoding 13. Hardware Realizations and Designs for Iteratively Decodable Codes