Hamming(7,4): Parity Positions, Encoding Four Data Bits, the Syndrome and Correcting a Flipped Bit
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In this lesson
You complete the encoder of a Hamming(7,4) code, compute the syndrome of a damaged word, read the position of the flipped bit from it and correct it.
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Lessons in this course
- Bits & Errors: Bit Strings, Flipped Bits, Bursts and Expected Error Counts Locked
- Parity Bits: Even and Odd Parity, What One Parity Bit Misses and 2-D Parity Grids Locked
- Check Digits: the Doubling Rule (Mod 10), Weighted Mod 11 and Catching Swapped Digits Locked
- Checksums: Byte Sums mod 256, Check Bytes, Ones'-Complement Folding and Their Blind Spots Locked
- XOR without XOR: MOD(a+b,2) Bit by Bit, Masks, Undoing XOR and Hamming Distance Locked
- CRC by Long Division: Generator Bits, MOD-2 Rows, the Remainder and Checking a Received Frame Locked
- Hamming(7,4): Parity Positions, Encoding Four Data Bits, the Syndrome and Correcting a Flipped Bit Locked
- Overhead vs Protection: Code Rates, Detection and Correction Power, and a Comparison Chart Locked