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When digital data are transmitted over a noisy channel, there is always a chance that the received data will contain errors. The user generally establishes an error rate above which the received data are not usable. If the received data will not meet the error rate requirement, error-correction coding can often be used to reduce errors to a level at which they can be tolerated. In recent years the use of error-correction coding for solving this type of problem has become widespread.
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Clark, G.C., Cain, J.B. (1981). Fundamental Concepts of Coding. In: Error-Correction Coding for Digital Communications. Applications of Communications Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2174-1_1
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