COSC 3213: Computer Networks I Instructor: Dr. Amir Asif Department of Computer Science York University Section M Topics: 1. Error Detection Techniques: Single Parity and 2D Block Parity 2. Polynomial Code 3. CRC Code Garcia: Sections 3.5 – 3.8

2 Error Detection and Correction 1.Even with optimal transmission system, bit errors occur because of the noisy channel. 2.Bit errors occur in random and are therefore defined in terms of their probability of occurrence. 3.Probability of bit error = (No. of bits in error)/(Total no. of bits transmitted). 4.Common values for Probability of bit error: Wireless ~ 10  3 Copper wires ~ 10  6 Optical fibre ~ 10  9 5.There are two approaches to error control Automatic Repeat Request (ARQ): On the detection of error, the transmitter is asked to retransmit. Forward Error Correction (FEC): On the detection of error, the receiver tries to correct the error itself. FEC is appropriate when a return channel is not available or retransmission requests can not be accomodated.

3 Single Parity Bit Detection 1.Parse data in blocks of k-bits. 2.Add a single parity bit to make the numbers of 1’s even (or odd) to a block of data. If the total number of 1’s are made even, the scheme is called “even parity” scheme. (If the total number of 1’s are made odd, the scheme is called “odd parity” scheme.) 3.The block of data is transmitted along with the parity bit. 4.The receiver counts the number of 1’s in the received block. If the number of 1’s are even for an even parity bit scheme, transmission is assumed error- free. 5.The parity bit is discarded and the remaining data is passed on to the application. 6.Redundancy ratio of 2D parity check scheme = 1/k. Activity 1: Suppose a transmitter is transmitting What is the transmitted data if even parity is used? Repeat for odd parity. Activity 2: Given that even number of errors will not be detected with a single bit parity scheme, calculate the probability of an error going undetected in problem 1 if the probability of error in a single bit is 10  3.

4 2D Parity Checks 1.Arrange k-information bits in a 2D (m × n) array. 2.Create the parity bit for each column and row based on the even parity bit scheme. 3.Transmit the new (m + 1) × (n + 1) array. 4.All single, double, and triple bit error patterns are detected. Some four bit error patterns may not be detected. 5.Redundancy ratio of 2D parity check scheme = (m + n + 1)/k. 6.2D Parity Check code is used by the early data link layers. Activity 3: Using an (5 × 4) array, generate the 2D parity check code for the information bits Activity 4: The (5 × 4) array generated in Activity 2 is transmitted. If the received data bits are , determine if an error has occurred. Repeat for the received data bits Repeat for the received data bits Repeat for the received data bits

5 Check Sum 1.Several Internet protocols (IP, TCP, and UDP) use check bits to detect errors in the header of the PDU. 2.Scheme is based on the following steps: Assume the header consists of L words with each word 16-bit long. b 0 b 1 b 2 ∙∙∙ b L-1 plus a checksum word b L Add 16-bit word using modulo-16 arithmetic x = b 0 b 1 b 2 ∙∙∙ b L-1 plus a checksum word b L The checksum is generated by taking the additive inverse of x in modulo-16 arithmetic. Activity 3: Assuming 4-bit words and L = 3, generate the checksum for Activity 4: Implement the check sum algorithm using modulo-2 arithmetic.

6 Cyclic Redundancy Code Example: Generate the (15,10) CRC sequence for message M = using the generator pattern P = ? Step # 1: Evaluate the values of k and n. k = 10, n = 5 Step # 2: Determine the information polynomial of degree (k – 1).i(x) = x 9 +x 7 +x 3 +x 2 +1 Step # 3: Determine the generator polynomial of degree (n – k).g(x) = x 6 +x 5 +x 3 +x Step # 4: Multiply the information polynomial with x n  k. x 5 i(x) = x 14 +x 12 +x 8 +x 7 +x 5 Step # 5: Calculate the remainder obtained by dividing x 5 i(x) with g(x).rem(x 5 i(x),g(x)) = x 3 +x 2 +x Step # 6: Add the remainder obtained in step # 5 to x 5 i(x) to generate the CRC codeword. CRC codeword = x 14 +x 12 +x 8 +x 7 +x 5 + x 3 +x 2 +x or, Step # 7: The CRC codeword is transmitted to the receiver. Receiver: Step # 1: Generator generator polynomial is known. Step # 2: Divide the received polynomial with the generator polynomial. If the remainder is 0, error- free transmission is assumed. If the remainder is not 0, error has occurred.