Title :
A Modification of Fletcher´s Checksum
Author_Institution :
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
fDate :
2/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We modify J. G. Fletcher´s checksum algorithm (easily implemented by software) to place two check octets in an arbitrary place in a data unit, rather than at the end. This is useful if one wants the checksum information in the header of a data unit.
Keywords :
Data communications; Error-detection coding; Arithmetic; Communications Society; Computer science; Cyclic redundancy check; Data communication; Equations; Software algorithms;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1983.1095789
