C&O 331 Lecture summaries - Week 12
Lecture 34:
(Mar 29)
BCH bound
Examples of decoding C15
Determinant of a Vandermonde matrix.
Proof of the BCH bound.
Lecture 35:
(Mar 31)
Reed-Solomon (RS) codes
Brief overview of Reed-Solomon codes, and why they have good burst error correcting capabilities.
Lecture 36:
(Apr 5)
RS codes and CDs
Brief overview of how Reed-Solomon codes are used to correct single random bit errors and long burst errors that occur on CDs and DVDs.