EE 605: Error Correcting Codes (Autumn 2011)

Instructor: Saravanan Vijayakumaran
Schedule: Slot 4, Monday (11:35 am - 12:30 pm), Tuesday (8:30 am - 9:25 am), Thursday (9:30 am - 10:25 am)
Location: EEG 301

Prerequisites

• Elementary probability theory
• Linear algebra

Course Content

• Linear block codes
• Cyclic codes
• Convolutional codes
• Turbo codes
• Other codes if time permits

Grading Policy

• 30% Endsem, 30% Midsem, 40% Assignments and Quizzes
• Final Score ∈ [90%,100%] ⇒ AA, ∈ [80%,90%) ⇒ AB, ∈ [70%,80%) ⇒ BB, ∈ [60%,70%) ⇒ BC, ∈ [50%,60%) ⇒ CC, ∈ [45%,50%) ⇒ CD, ∈ [40%,45%) ⇒ DD
• For students auditing the course, AU grade will be awarded if (Final Score ≥ 40%) AND (Endsem × Midsem ≠ 0).

Textbook

• Error Control Coding , Shu Lin and Daniel J. Costello, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 2004.

Reference Books

• The Theory of Error Correcting Codes, F. J. MacWilliams and N. J. A. Sloane, New York: North Holland, 1977.
• Introduction to Coding Theory, R. M. Roth, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Assignments

• Assignment 1, Due date: August 4, 2011
• Assignment 2, Due date: August 30, 2011
• Assignment 3, Due date: October 10, 2011
• Assignment 4, Due date: November 11, 2011

Assignment Solutions

• Assignment 1 Solutions
• Assignment 2 Solutions
• Assignment 3 Solutions
• Assignment 4 Solutions

Exams

• Quiz 1 , August 11, 2011
• Midsem, September 15, 2011
• Quiz 2 , October 17, 2011
• Quiz 3 , November 14, 2011

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Last modified November 17, 2011.

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