Codes for error detection - Kløve, Torleiv (World Scientific, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-198)
Preface; Contents; 1. Basics on error control; 2. Error detecting codes for the q-ary symmetric channel; Chapter 3 Error detecting codes for the binary symmetric channel; Chapter 4 Error detecting codes for asymmetric and other channels; Bibliography; Index
There are two basic methods of error control for communication, both involving coding of the messages. With forward error correction, the codes are used to detect and correct errors. In a repeat request system, the codes are used to detect errors and, if there are errors, request a retransmission. Error detection is usually much simpler to implement than error correction and is widely used. However, it is given a very cursory treatment in almost all textbooks on coding theory. Only a few older books are devoted to error detecting codes. This book begins with a short introduction to the theory