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