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ELEC 6131

Information Theory and Error Control Coding

4 credits · Graduate

Winter 2022 · Error Detecting and Correcting Codes

Topics

  • Information theory
  • Abstract algebra for coding
  • Linear block codes
  • Cyclic codes
  • BCH codes
  • Reed–Solomon codes
  • Convolutional codes
  • Turbo codes
  • LDPC codes
  • Raptor codes
  • Space–time coding

Readings

  • S.B. Wicker, Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage, Prentice Hall, 1995.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • Richard E. Blahut, Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • E.R. Berlecamp, Algebraic Coding Theory, Aegean Park Press, 1984.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • M.R. Soleymani et al., Turbo Coding for Satellite and Wireless Communications, Kluwer, 2002.
    Recommended / optional / reference
  • G. Ungerboeck, “Channel coding with multilevel/phase signals,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 28(1), 55–67, 1982.
    Listed reading
  • S.M. Alamouti, “A simple transmitter diversity scheme for wireless communications,” IEEE JSAC 16, 1451–1458, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • V. Tarokh, N. Seshadri and A.R. Calderbank, “Space–time codes for high data rate wireless communication: Performance analysis and code construction,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 44, 744–765, 1998.
    Listed reading
  • A. Shokrollahi, “Raptor codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 52(6), 2551–2567, 2006.
    Listed reading
  • Listed textbook; requirement not explicitly stated: S. Lin and D.J. Costello, Error Control Coding: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2005; chapters 2–7, 11–12.
    Listed reading
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