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.
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Last modified November 17, 2011.