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Error-Control Coding for Data Networks (The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

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I would say this is a pretty good book for engineering student since it contains many real-applications and also it is quite easy to understand. At least I helped me to understand this subject for my study and some examples such as RS decoding algorithms were applied in my design project. It worked !

This is a book with many useful examples. I like it a lot. Recently, I read some coding books and found that they are too theoritical. Applicable technologies should be easy to understand, But I have hard time to understand some of the coding books. This one is a good reference for coding applications because it covers real applications such as
GSM, DTV, DVD, etc..

This is a book with a reasonably in-depth and comprehensive coverage of error control codes. Of course, Reed-Solomon codes are extensively discussed. Many examples of applications in real-world systems.

This book is easy to read. Similar in style to Lin and Constello's book; i.e., lots of examples, and emphasizes engineering aspects of a given code rather than endless theorems. Moreover, it discusses real world applications of codes, e.g., DVD, thereby putting them in perspective.

I find it hard to believe that with software and computers available to the authors and publisher in 1999, this book can look like a book published in the 50's and 60's. For me, this makes the book difficult to read. Have these guys ever heard of Latex? It was precisely developed for academics who do technical writing with professional results. This book resembles a very bad Word document. In my opinion, regardless of how good the content, there is no excuse for the lack of effort in presentation style. All I can say is that there are no shortage of great coding books that have better coverage than this book, all with FAR better modern typesetting, i.e. Lin and Costello, Todd Moon. I'm real disappointed considering that the first author was a leading researcher in the field. 2 stars and I'm being generous.

This is a good on error-control coding applications for university students. I found that many examples provided in the book are very interesting. Some of them are hard to found in other textbooks. I wish the school professor can teach those real examples. I recommend this book.