Data Transportation and Protection

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Data—Its Representation and Manipulation

   • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

   Pages 1-22

3. Counting and Probability

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   Pages 23-57

4. The Natural Numbers and Their Primes

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   Pages 59-96

5. Basic Concepts in Matrix Theory

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   Pages 97-122

6. Matrix Equations and Transformations

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   Pages 123-168

7. Matrix Representations

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   Pages 169-215

8. Applications of Matrices to Discrete Data System Analysis

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   Pages 217-258

9. Random and Pseudorandom Sequences

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   Pages 259-310

10. Source Encoding

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    Pages 311-338

11. Information Protection

    • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

    Pages 339-367

12. Synchronization

    • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

    Pages 369-401

13. The Channel and Error Control

    • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

    Pages 403-435

14. Space Division Connecting Networks

    • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

    Pages 437-467

15. Network Reliability and Survivability

    • John E. Hershey, R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

    Pages 469-483

16. Back Matter

    Pages 485-490

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A new breed of engineer is developing in our contemporary society. These engineers are concerned with communications and computers, economics and regulation. These new engineers apply themselves to data-to its pack­ aging, transmission, and protection. They are data engineers. Formal curricula do not yet exist for their dedicated development. Rather they learn most of their tools "on the job" and their roots are in computer engineering, communications engineering, and applied mathe­ matics. There is a need to draw relevant material together and present it so that those who wish to become data engineers can do so, for the betterment of themselves, their employer, their country, and, ultimately, the world-for we share the belief that the most effective tool for world peace and stability is neither politics nor armaments, but rather the open and timely exchange of information. This book has been written with that goal in mind. Today numerous signs encourage us to expect broader information exchange in the years to come. The movement toward a true Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) is perhaps the clearest of these. Also, the development offormal protocol layers reflects both a great deal of brilliance and compromise and also the desire for a common language among data engineers.

• ISDN
• Protection
• communication
• computer
• network
• society
• transmission

• The BDM Corporation, Boulder, USA

  John E. Hershey

• Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA

  R. K. Rao Yarlagadda

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