Non-Binary Error Control Coding for Wireless Communication and Data Storage (PDF)

Comprehensive introduction to non-binary error-correction coding
techniques

Non-Binary Error Control Coding for Wireless Communication
and Data Storage explores non-binary coding schemes that have
been developed to provide an alternative to the Reed -
Solomon codes, which are expected to become unsuitable for use in
future data storage and communication devices as the demand for
higher data rates increases. This book will look at the other
significant non-binary coding schemes, including non-binary block
and ring trellis-coded modulation (TCM) codes that perform well in
fading conditions without any expansion in bandwidth use, and
algebraic-geometric codes which are an extension of Reed-Solomon
codes but with better parameters.

Key Features:

* Comprehensive and self-contained reference to non-binary error
control coding starting from binary codes and progressing up to the
latest non-binary codes

* Explains the design and construction of good non-binary codes
with descriptions of efficient non-binary decoding algorithms with
applications for wireless communication and high-density data
storage

* Discusses the application to specific cellular and wireless
channels, and also magnetic storage channels that model the reading
of data from the magnetic disc of a hard drive.

* Includes detailed worked examples for each coding scheme to
supplement the concepts described in this book

* Focuses on the encoding, decoding and performance of both block
and convolutional non-binary codes, and covers the
Kötter-Vardy algorithm and Non-binary LDPC codes

This book will be an excellent reference for researchers in the
wireless communication and data storage communities, as well as
development/research engineers in telecoms and storage companies.
Postgraduate students in these fields will also find this book of
interest.