MAJORITY LOGIC DECODABLE ERROR-CORRECTING CODES BASED ON BLOCK DESIGNS,

Abstract

In recent years, much work has been done in the area of majority logic decoding, and with good reasons. In the first place, majority logic decoding can be very simply implemented. While the BCH codes are the best known class of codes for correcting large multiple errors, the complexityof its implementation leaves something to be desired. On the other hand, although most of the known majority logic decodable codes are somewhat inferior to the BCH codes, the simplicity of a majority logic decoder and the ease of decoding give this method of decoding an attractive prospect. Secondly, majority logic decoding automatically corrects many more patterns of errors other than those guaranteed by the decoding schemes without any additional equipment. This can be achieved by the BCH codes only with a lot of extra equipment. These two features of the majority logic decoding are motivations enough for its further study. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0709333

Entities

People

  • Spencer W. Ng

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coding
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Decoders
  • Decoding
  • Message Decoding
  • Motivation
  • Notation
  • Processing Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design