Forward Error Correction via Channel Coding

Orhan Gazi is an Associate Professor at the Electronic and Communication Engineering Department, Cankaya University. He received his BS, MS and PhD degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1996, 2001, and 2007 respectively. His research interests are chiefly in signal processing, information theory, and forward error correction. Most recently he has been studying polar channel codes and preparing publications in this area. Prof. Gazi has also authored several books on Signal Processing and Information Theory.

• Introduction.- Review of Linear Algebra.- Linear Block Codes.- Syndrome Error Correction and Some Important Linear Block Codes.- Cyclic Codes.- Galois Fields.- BCH Codes.- Reed Solomon Codes.- Convolutional Codes.- Conclusion.