ELEC 6131
Information Theory and Error Control Coding
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.
- Richard E. Blahut, Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- E.R. Berlecamp, Algebraic Coding Theory, Aegean Park Press, 1984.
- M.R. Soleymani et al., Turbo Coding for Satellite and Wireless Communications, Kluwer, 2002.
- G. Ungerboeck, “Channel coding with multilevel/phase signals,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 28(1), 55–67, 1982.
- S.M. Alamouti, “A simple transmitter diversity scheme for wireless communications,” IEEE JSAC 16, 1451–1458, 1998.
- 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.
- A. Shokrollahi, “Raptor codes,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 52(6), 2551–2567, 2006.
- 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.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Winter 2022
- Supplementary books and articles are labelled references.