Author(s) : Robert H. Morelos-Zaragoza
Publisher : Wiley
Year : Jul 2006
ISBN 10 : 0470015586
ISBN 13 : 9780470015582
Language : English
Pages : 278
File type : PDf
Size : 2.4 MB (book + source code)
The book deals with the art of error correcting coding, in the sense that it addresses the need for selecting, implementing and simulating algorithms for encoding and decoding of codes for error correction and detection. New features of the second edition include additional in-text examples as well as new problems at the end of each chapter, intended for use in a course on ECC. A comprehensive bibliography is included, for readers who wish to learn more about the beautiful theory that makes it all work.
One of the best features of the book is that it provides a natural introduction to the principles and decoding techniques of turbo codes, LDPC codes, and product codes, from an algebraic channel coding perspective. In this context, turbo codes are viewed as punctured product codes. With simple examples, the underlying ideas and structures used in the construction and iterative decoding of product codes are presented in an unparalleled manner.
The detailed treatment of various algebraic decoding techniques for the correction of errors and erasures using Reed–Solomon codes is also worth a mention. On the applications of ECC in combined channel coding and digital modulation, or coded modulation, the author does a good job in introducing the basic principles that are used in the construction of several important classes of coded modulation systems.
