ET4030 Error correcting codes

Introduction into error-correcting codes; mathematical basics; block codes fundamentals; cyclic codes; co-operating codes; soft decision decoding; convolutional codes; iterative decoding (turbo codes, LDPC codes); applications.

The global goal of this course is to get acquinted with the basics and applications of error correction coding techniques. Such techniques are applied in order to protect information against errors which may occur during transmission or storage. The specific techniques under consideration in the course are the ones discussed in the lecture notes, which may be updated from year to year according to recent developments. The emphasis will be on the basic trade-offs between efficiency, reliability, and complexity. Unless explicitly indicated, the proofs of the results are not part of the course contents (the interested student may consult books from the bibliography).

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Last modified: 2016-02-24