The book provides a comprehensive treatment of Information Theory and Coding as required for understanding and appreciating the basic concepts. It starts with the mathematical prerequisites and then uncovers major topics by way of different chapters on Information Theory, Source Coding, Communication Channels, Error Control Codes, Burst Errors, Convolution Codes and also a brief chapter on Cryptography. The book emphasizes on theoretical concepts and problem solving. The book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Telecommunication Engineering.

Contents: Preface. 1. Mathematical prerequisite. 2. Information theory. 3. Source coding. 4. Information channels. 5. Error control coding. 6. Burst error correcting codes. 7. Convolution codes. 8. Cryptography and information security. Appendices. Index.