The Fields Of Information Theory, Coding And Cryptography Are Ever Expanding, And The Last Six Years Have Seen A Spurt Of New Ideas Germinate, Mature And Get Absorbed In Industrial Standards And Applications. Many Of These New Concepts Have Been Included In The Second Edition, Which Will Enable Students Graduating From Engineering Colleges And Currently Practicing Engineers To Learn These Topics Quickly And Efficiently.Table Of Contents: Chapter 1. Source Coding Chapter 2. Channel Capacity And Coding Chapter 3. Linear Block Codes For Error Correction Chapter 4. Cyclic Codes Chapter 5. Bose-Chaudhuri Hocquenghem (BCH) Codes Chapter 6. Convolutional Codes Chapter 7. Trellis Coded Modulation Chapter 8. Cryptography