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ModsMH4310AY2014/2015 Semester 2

Coding Theory

AY2014/2015 Semester 2

This course is to introduce basic notions in the theory of error-correcting codes which is used in data storage and telecommunication. * Error detection, correction and decoding, Hamming distance * Basic facts on finite fields * Linear codes, Hamming weight, generator and parity-check matrices, encoding, decoding. * Bounds, Hamming codes, Golay codes, perfect codes, MDS codes * Construction of codes, Reed-Muller codes. * Cyclic codes, generator polynomials, BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes * Computer implementation of efficient coding and decoding.

AUs4.0 AUs
CategoriesCoreMinorsBDE
Not Available To ProgrammeMAEC(2004-2010), MATH(2004-2010)
Mutually Exclusive WithMAS432, MTH426
Exam

Available Indexes

MonTueWedThuFri
1030

COMMON LEC (LE)

1030-1230 Wed

SPMS-TR12

COMMON LEC (LE)

1030-1130 Thu

SPMS-TR12

1100
1130

72151 TUT (T)

1130-1230 Thu

SPMS-TR12

Wk2-13

1200