This document discusses error detection in communication networks. It contains:
1) An equation to calculate the expected number of transmissions (K) needed for a packet to reach its destination from two possible transmitters (A and B). The expected value of K is shown to be 2/(1-P) where P is the probability of failure for a single transmission.
2) A discussion of a (127,118) BCH code for error detection. It is shown that this code can detect all single errors, errors with an odd number of errors, all double errors for codewords under 127 bits, and all bursts of 8 errors or fewer. The encoding works by dividing the data polynomial by a primitive polynomial.