Introduction to Error Control Codes (Textbooks in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) [Paperback]

Salvatore Gravano (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 2, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0198562314 | ISBN-13: 978-0198562313

This textbook provides a firm foundation for those studying the field of error control codes. giving step-by-step instruction on this complex topic beginning with single parity code checks and repetition codes. Through these basic error-control mechanisms the fundamental principles of error detection and correction, minimum distance and error-control limits are considered. With the use of detailed examples it guides students from basic error-control codes through linear codes, cyclic codes, linear feedback shift registers, vector fields, Galois fields, BCH codes and convolutional codes. There are many detailed examples throughout the book to illustrate the principles and complex mathematical proofs are omitted where possible to keep the text concise and easy-to-follow.

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S. Gravano is at University of Keele.

Product Details

• Paperback: 280 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (August 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198562314
• ISBN-13: 978-0198562313
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,082,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book for beginners, September 10, 2003

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Ravinder Kumar Banyal (INDIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Introduction to Error Control Codes (Textbooks in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (Paperback)

Any one seriously interested in learning about Error correction and control, will find this book exceptionally well written and simple to follow. I think, Prof. Gravano has amply fulfilled the long felt need for a book that does not bombard the readers with too much technical jargon and at the same time systematically covers all the essential concepts ranging from block codes, linear algebra to galois fiels, BCH and convolution codes. Also a good prototype for people who wish to endeavour in professional writing in any field.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to error coding, March 13, 2002

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This review is from: Introduction to Error Control Codes (Textbooks in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (Paperback)

The outstanding characteristic of this book is how easy it is to read. Very little mathematical background is required; instead, what is needed is developed in the text itself. This includes just enough linear algebra and group theory to present and explain the results presented. All the examples are worked out in good detail, and the book is almost free of typos.

The topics covered are block codes, specifically linear and cyclic codes, and their implementation with linear feedback shift registers. After some development of Galois Fields and linear algebra, BCH codes are introduced, and specifically Reed-Solomon codes are covered. A last, quick chapter on convolution coding concludes the book.

This book is for you if you want to know how error corrective coding works, but not really why. A typical comment is that the Berlekamp algorithm (for decoding Reed-Solomon codes) is "complex," but "its complexity lies mainly in the proof of the algorithm, which we omit." If you want a book with greater detail, try "Information Theory and Reliable Communication" by Bob Gallager as one of many more advanced texts.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction but then..., March 18, 2005

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Kenneth N. Quick "Logical Thinker" (Auburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Introduction to Error Control Codes (Textbooks in Electrical and Electronic Engineering) (Paperback)

This book starts out at a level someone who is not a current undergraduate math student can understand, and I appreciate the limited number of math proofs in this book. But, basic error correction coding is all but useless except for theory and basic understanding. When the text finally gets to useful topics like Reed-Solomon codes, the text gets terse and very difficult to follow and the targeted audience moves to a current graduate math student level. The author was obviously very rushed to finish the book. Chapter 7 (this book's MOST important chapter) needs to be rewritten. I did not study Chapter 8.