SPUC::reed_solomon Class Reference
[Forward Error Correcting Codes]

Reed-Solomon Codes. More...

#include <reed_solomon.h>

Collaboration diagram for SPUC::reed_solomon:

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Public Member Functions
	reed_solomon (int in_m, int in_t)
	Class constructor for the ff$2^mff$ - ary, ff$tff$ error correcting RS-code.
bvec	encode (const bvec &uncodedbits)
	Encoder function.
bvec	decode (const bvec &codedbits)
	Decoder function.
double	get_rate ()
	Gets the rate of the RS-code.
Protected Attributes
int	m
	Internal encoder/decoder parameters.
int	t
int	k
int	n
int	q
gfx	g
	The generator polynomial of the RS code.

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Detailed Description

Reed-Solomon Codes.

Uses the Berlkamp-Massey algorithm for decoding as described in: S. B. Wicker, "Error Control Systems for digital communication and storage," Prentice Hall.

The code is ff$2^mff$ - ary of length ff$2^m-1ff$ capable of correcting ff$tff$ errors.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

reed_solomon::reed_solomon (  int  in_m, int  in_t )

Class constructor for the ff$2^mff$ - ary, ff$tff$ error correcting RS-code.

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Member Function Documentation

bvec reed_solomon::decode (  const bvec &  codedbits  )

Decoder function.

bvec reed_solomon::encode (  const bvec &  uncodedbits  )

Encoder function.

double SPUC::reed_solomon::get_rate (  void   )  [inline]

Gets the rate of the RS-code.

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Member Data Documentation

gfx SPUC::reed_solomon::g [protected]

The generator polynomial of the RS code.

int SPUC::reed_solomon::k [protected]

int SPUC::reed_solomon::m [protected]

Internal encoder/decoder parameters.

int SPUC::reed_solomon::n [protected]

int SPUC::reed_solomon::q [protected]

int SPUC::reed_solomon::t [protected]

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• comm/reed_solomon.h
• comm/reed_solomon.cpp

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