Shannon Scheme

The Shannon Scheme, developed by Claude Shannon, is a fundamental framework in digital communications that enables the reliable transmission of information over noisy channels. It involves encoding data into a form that can be corrected if errors occur during transmission, and then decoding it at the receiver’s end to recover the original message. This process relies on the concept of channel capacity—the maximum data rate achievable without errors—allowing engineers to design efficient communication systems that optimize data transfer while minimizing errors, even in imperfect conditions.