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Hamming codes

Hamming codes are error-correcting codes used in digital


communication systems to ensure reliable data
transmission. Developed by Richard Hamming in 1947,
these codes detect and correct errors caused by noise and
interference
Analog communication challenges &
Digital communication Advantages
• Analog communication • Digital communication
systems face challenges systems offer advantages
such as noise, like error detection and
interference, distortion, correction, ensuring data
and attenuation, which integrity and reliability.
degrade signal quality. Wireless communication
Analog signal processing systems benefit from
also has limitations. digital signal processing.
Hamming code Principles &
Construction
• Hamming codes use parity bits and check bits to detect
errors. Syndrome decoding corrects errors based on
minimum distance and error correction capability.
• Hamming codes are constructed by determining code
length (n), choosing parity bits (k), and creating generator
(G) and parity-check (H) matrices.
Encoding Process
• Divide data into blocks of m bits.
• 2. Calculate k parity bits using generator matrix (G).
• 3. Append parity bits to data bits to form n-bit codeword.
Decoding Process
• 1. Receive n-bit codeword.
• 2. Calculate syndrome vector using parity-check matrix
(H).
• 3. Determine error location using syndrome vector.
• 4. Correct error by flipping bit at error location.
Advantages & Limitations
• Hamming codes offer simple implementation, high error
detection and correction capabilities, and low overhead.
• Hamming codes have limited error correction capability,
sensitivity to burst errors, and complexity in larger codes.
Applications
• Hamming codes are used in computer networks, wireless
communication systems, and data storage devices. Error
correction in computer networks (Ethernet, Wi-Fi).
• 2. Data storage devices (hard drives, SSDs)
• 3. Cloud storage reliability
• 4. Secure online transactions
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