Example Error Correcting Code Using Reed Solomon

The example demonstrates how a given message, is initially processed (encoded) to add forward error correction symbols to it, then byte (or symbol) errors added to the message.

Subsequently the message coupled with the FEC undergoes decoding which corrects the errors previously added resulting in the original message.

The underlying scheme utilized is called Reed-Solomon error correcting code, and is used in many different area, such as data communications, data storage, cryptography etc.