v0.8 Quick fixes

Several small changes including

• updates to prevent using deprecated functions,
• typos in the doc strings,
• fix for the installation issues on some non-UTF8 OS.

v0.7.0 Gray coding

Gray coding is the new default for all the modems.

v0.6.0

New features:

• Python 3.9 compatibility.
• Best-First MIMO detector.
• Several speed improvements including LDPC and Viterbi decoders.
• New tests for several parts of the library.
• Add Wifi 802.11 physical simulation.
• Improvements on the links package.
• Several refactorings and other minor fixes.

V0.5.0

Warnings:

• This version abandons Python 2 compatibility and all tests are now validated on Python 3.
• The Conda version is no longer updated but pip should be updated accordingly as soon as possible.

New features:

• The convolutional code module now supports puncturing, all code ratios and provides a method for tracing FSM.
• LDPC encoder, design saving utilities, WiMAX designs and BP decoder enhancements.
• A tool to estimate the BER performance of a link model using a Monte Carlo estimator.
• K-best MIMO detector.
• Updates and corrections in the doc.
• Several bug fixes.

V0.4.0

• LDPC codes
• MIMO and SISO channels
• Python 3 compatibility
• Fixes to common issues (#28, #12)

v0.3.0

• Changed license to BSD 3-Clause from GPL 3.
• Converted Cython code to pure Python to avoid Cython specific build issues.
• Fixed and added documentation.