This textbook provides a firm foundation for those studying the field of error control codes. giving step-by-step instruction on this complex topic beginning with single parity code checks and repetition codes. Through these basic error-control mechanisms the fundamental principles of error detection and correction, minimum distance and error-control limits are considered. With the use of detailed examples it guides students from basic error-control codes through linear codes, cyclic codes, linear feedback shift registers, vector fields, Galois fields, BCH codes and convolutional codes. There...