Algebraic Codes for Data Transmission

An accessible 2003 introduction to the basic elements of algebraic codes including Reed-Solomon, trellis, turbocodes etc.

Professor Richard E. Blahut is Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the recipient of many prestigious awards including the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal (1998); the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award and the IEEE Millennium Medal. He was named a Fellow of the IBM Corporation in 1980 (where he worked for over 30 years) and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1990.