「Algebraic ECCs」: Lec1 Basics of ECCs

In this series, I will be learning Algebraic Error Correcting Codes, lectured by Mary Wootters. The lecture videos are available here. Feedback and sugguestions are always welcome! ^ - ^

Topics Covered:

  • Basic problem in coding theory
  • Code and codeword
  • Hamming distance and minimum distance
  • Rate
  • Hamming bound on trade-off of the rate and distance