109 urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:3dc5f44e-8666-58db-bc76-a455210e8891 JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science jucs 0948-695X 0948-6968 Journal of Universal Computer Science 10.3217/jucs-022-04-0552 23127 Research Article D.4.5 - Reliability D.4.6 - Security and Protection D.4.9 - Systems Programs and Utilities Secure Channel Coding Schemes based on Algebraic-Geometric Codes over Hermitian Curves Alzubi Omar A. o.zubi@bau.edu.jo 1 Chen Thomas M. 2 Alzubi Jafar A. 1 Rashaideh Hasan 1 Al-Najdawi Nijad 1 Al-Balqa Applied University, Salt, Jordan Al-Balqa Applied University Salt Jordan City University London, London, United Kingdom City University London London United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Omar A. Alzubi (o.zubi@bau.edu.jo).

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2016 01 04 2016 22 4 552 566 C0DFDF5E-4EED-54C6-8DC7-F70E4E01FC26 5505039 30 10 2015 30 03 2016 Omar A. Alzubi, Thomas M. Chen, Jafar A. Alzubi, Hasan Rashaideh, Nijad Al-Najdawi This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.

Algebraic-Geometric (AG) codes are new paradigm in coding theory with promising performance improvements and diverse applications in point to point communications services and system security. AG codes offer several advantages over stateof-the art Reed-Solomon (RS) codes. Algebraic-Geometric Codes are proposed and implemented in this paper. The design, construction and implementation are investigated and a software platform has been developed. Simulation results are presented for the first time showing significant performance improvements of AG codes over RS codes using different modulation schemes. The superiority in error correcting and security of AG codes over RS codes has been demonstrated clearly when Rayleigh fading channel is used. Also the results show an obvious improvement when using higher modulation schemes, namely 16QAM and 64QAM.