CYCLIC CODE

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Communications Systems — Error detection and correction — Cyclic code

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Information on Cyclic Code

Cyclic codes are an important sub-class of linear block codes for error detection, where a new codeword in the code can be formed by shifting the elements along one place and taking one off the end and putting it on to the beginning. Instead of being generated by a matrix, a cyclic code is generated by a polynomial so that the codes are sometimes called polynomial codes. Importantly, cyclic codes have a structure that makes it possible for the encoding and decoding to be performed by simple feedback circuitry.


Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to Cyclic code include: 
 
  • Forward Error Correction (FEC)
  • Error detecting code (EDC)
  • Cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
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  • Block code
  • Automatic repeat request (ARQ)
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  • Frame check sequence (FCS)
  • Convolutional code

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