Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission [Hardcover]

Richard E. Blahut (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0521553741 | ISBN-13: 978-0521553742 | Edition: 1

Error-correcting codes play a fundamental role in modern communications and data-storage systems. This volume provides an accessible introduction to the basic elements of algebraic codes and discusses their use in a variety of applications. The author describes a range of important coding techniques, including Reed-Solomon codes, BCH codes, trellis codes, and turbocodes. Throughout the book, mathematical theory is illustrated by reference to many practical examples. The book is written for graduate students of electrical and computer engineering and practicing engineers whose work involves communications or signal processing.

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Book Description

Error-correcting codes play a fundamental role in modern communications and data-storage systems. This book provides an accessible introduction to the basic elements of algebraic codes, and discusses their use in a variety of applications. The author describes a range of important coding techniques, including Reed-Solomon codes, BCH codes, trellis codes, and turbocodes. Throughout the book, mathematical theory is illustrated by reference to many practical examples. The book is aimed at graduate students of electrical and computer engineering, and at practicing engineers whose work involves communications or signal processing.

About the Author

Professor Richard E. Blahut is Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the recipient of many prestigious awards including the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1998); the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award and the IEEE Millennium Medal. He was named a Fellow of the IBM Corporation in 1980 (where he worked for over 30 years) and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1990.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 498 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521553741
• ISBN-13: 978-0521553742
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Channel Coding gone wild, June 24, 2006

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Nesnayu - See all my reviews

This review is from: Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission (Hardcover)

I used this textbook for an introduction to Channel Coding class I took (graduate level). I think that the material is difficult, but this book is remarkably clear, considering that. I had no experience with Galois Fields or any of that kind of math before starting with this book, but I was able to grasp it. I think the main thing missing in this book are good summaries for each chapter, giving highlights of the important stuff. Sometimes it's hard to get an overall picture of the material, I got bogged down in math sometimes. Visually, the book is beautiful, good fonts, charts, etc...

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A deep grasp of algebraic coding theory, September 18, 2006

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Yingquan Wu - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission (Hardcover)

The book is well organized and mathematically rigorous. It depicts a full picture of conventional algebraic coding theory in a systematic fashion. As a specialist in coding theory, I give my highest rank.

1 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Students beware!, May 27, 2006

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R. baweja (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission (Hardcover)

I am taking an error correcting code class as a graduate EE student where this text is assigned. The book is a reference manual for people who already know the material. It is not for those who are new to algebraic codes or galois field arithmetic.

The book is introduced as an introductory book, but it is nothing of the sort.