Error Coding Cookbook: Practical C/C++ Routines and Recipes for Error Detection and Correction [Hardcover]

C. Britton Rorabaugh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 1996

This text/disk set gives the reader hundreds of ready made codes for error detection and correction. Error correction is a key function in any signal processing or communications system, and this book is a non-theoretical treatment of the topic. Examples are provided and the codes explained.

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At last, the complexities of error coding are made simple If you don't happen to be an abstract mathematician, it's all too easy to get lost in the maze of error correction coding thats is a crucial component of any signal processing or communications system. Now this first-of-it-kind, non-theoretical guide clearly explains the often complex error coding process. You'll find complete step-by-step instructions on how to: Select the most appropriate code for your particular application; Design the corresponding coders and decoders; Implement many of the most well-known and frequently used codes for error correction. Plus, you'll have access to ready-to-use C and C++ programs for generating hundreds of codes for error detection and correction on the accompanying disk. The book's exceptionally clear descriptions of each code are reinformed by an array of worked-out examples and a brief review of only the necessary math where applicable. There has never been a more illuminating or practical treatment of this always challenging and occasionally perplexing area.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 251 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx); Har/Dsk edition (March 27, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0079117201
• ISBN-13: 978-0079117205
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,530,075 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars coverage on Reed Solomon is not very good, April 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Error Coding Cookbook: Practical C/C++ Routines and Recipes for Error Detection and Correction (Hardcover)

This book is marketed several places as a good cookbook for Reed Solomon coding and just plug in some subroutines and you have an encoder or decoder. It cover binary BCH codes pretty well, but when it gets to REEd-Solomon it glosses over it and gives one useless example. It would have only taken a few more pages to make this a whole lot more useful for me, I am some what new to coding, but not an idiot and had to read it several times to get the point on binary BCH code arithmetic, but as far as non-binary I am still looking. I haven't looked at the Viterbi algorithm or convolutional codes maybe I will report more later

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A book hard to cook, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Error Coding Cookbook: Practical C/C++ Routines and Recipes for Error Detection and Correction (Hardcover)

There are a lot of typing errors and crucial information missed in this book. And the C/C++ routines come with this book do not work properly.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source of information on Galois Field mathematics, June 16, 2004

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This review is from: Error Coding Cookbook: Practical C/C++ Routines and Recipes for Error Detection and Correction (Hardcover)

I purchased this book several years ago for the introduction to Galois field mathematics while researching CRC hardware. I've returned to it recently to help me understand GF again for implementation of a Reed Solomon codec. Other, reviewers have complained about this book but I think they sell it short. After reading dozens of articles about BCH/Reed Solomon codes I'm always left missing the point of the mathematics because they gloss over the important details. Like, why GF(2^8) requires polynomial math and what alpha is for. Since it is a cookbook there are lots of recipes for calculation which provide a **practical** basis for the development of the mathematical concepts. Let's face it -- polynomial arithmetic is strange and this book really helped me to get a grip on it. I'm now better equiped to handle all the journal articles and books on the subject of error control coding.

As for the C++/C routines...I haven't tried any of them so I don't know about bugs/issues with them. However, if you take the time to follow and understand the mathematics I'll bet you could easily fix the code. I would agree that this book isn't going to be the quick fix to get you a Reed-Solomon Codec or Viterbi decoder for free.

I paid $55 for my brand new copy. $155 is a mighty high price to pay for ANY book regardless of a 5-star review or not!