Improved Decoding Algorithm on Reed-Solomon Codes using Division Method

제산방법에 의한 Reed-Solomon 부호의 개선된 복호알고리듬

Decoding algorithm of noncyclic Reed-Solomon codes consists of four steps which are to compute syndromes, to find error-location polynomial, to decide error-location, and to solve error-values. There is a decoding method by which the computation of both error-location polynomial and error-evaluator polynimial can be avoided in conventional decoding methods using Euclid algorithm. The disadvantage of this method is that the same amount of computation is needed that is equivalent to solve the avoided polynomial. This paper considers the division method on polynomial on GF(2$^{m}$) systematically. And proposes a novel method to find error correcting polynomial by simple mathematical expression without the same amount of computation to find the two avoided polynomial. Especially. proposes the method which the amount of computation to find F (x) from the division M(x) by x, (x-1),....(x--${\alpha}^{n-2}$) respectively can be avoided. By applying the simple expression to decoding procedure on RS codes, propses a new decoding algorithm, and to show the validity of presented method, computer simulation is performed.