Reed-Solomon Related Codes

The book "Reed-Solomon Related Codes" by Mostafa El-Khamy offers a comprehensive analysis and deeper insights into the performance of Reed-Solomon codes and their related encodings. It discusses the groundbreaking advancements achieved through Sudan's algorithm and examines how these developments influence existing RS decoders. The author analyzes the optimal decoding of binary images and product codes, while also highlighting the application of RS codes in network scenarios. The proposed advanced decoding techniques are based on Sudan's breakthrough and demonstrate how algebraic soft-decision decoding algorithms can reach the performance limits of RS codes. This work is particularly valuable for professionals in the field of electrical engineering who are involved in data communication and channel coding.