That's a keeper Bill.
- Jim AA5BW
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
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Sent: Monday, December 26, 2016 2:03 PM
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Subject: Re: LF: Article on forward error correction
There should be a "Nicholson limit" for how well something of a certain
complexity can be explained using a given number of words with a high
probability of being understood correctly. Your paper is about as good as
it could ever get. Thanks Paul.
Bill VE2IQ
At 02:35 AM 12/26/2016, Paul wrote:
>I wrote a non-mathematical introductory article about how forward error
>correction works.
>
>There's a lot of material on the web about FEC but most of it is very
>technical and tends to concentrate on one or another particular coding
>scheme. I couldn't find anything that demonstrates and really explains
>in simple terms the essential principle of it.
>
>So I thought I'd try to write something, perhaps to see if I can
>understand it myself.
>
>The article should appeal to anyone who's wondered how 'coding'
>a message, which increases its bandwidth and reduces its S/N, can
>actually lead to greatly improved communications.
>
> http://abelian.org/fec/pn161218/
>
>or in pdf format
>
> http://abelian.org/fec/pn161218.pdf
>
>Whether I've succeeded or not, the reader will have to judge.
>
>--
>Paul Nicholson
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>
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