Using CRC's for error correction

From: Tim Mann <mann_at_pa.dec.com>
Date: Thu Jul 13 20:03:48 2000

> An error in the CRC is also a total loss.

If you have n bits of data and a c-bit CRC, you can just as well view
this as n+c bits of data whose CRC is known to be 0. So your techniques
should work just as well for errors in the CRC, as long is you're not
right at a boundary where things work for n bits but not for n+c bits.

Tim Mann tim.mann_at_compaq.com http://www.tim-mann.org
Compaq Computer Corporation, Systems Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
Received on Thu Jul 13 2000 - 20:03:48 BST

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