Error detection in computer network
Error detection techniques 1. Simple Parity check Blocks of data from the source are subjected to a check bit or parity bit generator form, where a parity of : 1 is added to the block if it contains odd number of 1’s, and 0 is added if it contains even number of 1’s This scheme makes the total number of 1’s even, that is why it is called even parity checking. 2. Two-dimensional Parity check Parity check bits are calculated for each row, which is equivalent to a simple parity check bit. Parity check bits are also calculated for all columns, then both are sent along with the data. At the receiving end these are compared with the parity bits calculated on the received data. 3. Checksum In checksum error detection scheme, the data is divided into k segments each of m bits. In the sender’s end the segments are added using 1’s complement arithmetic to get the sum. The sum is complemented to get the checksum. The checksum segment is sent along with the data segme