Ronald Hugh Barker

Ronald Hugh Barker

FIEE FIMechE FInstP CEng
Ronald Hugh Barker; FIEE FIMechE FInstP CEng
	Barker in 2008
Born	28 October 1915; Dublin, Ireland
Died	7 October 2015 (aged 99); Bournemouth, England
Resting place	Verwood cemetery, Dorset, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Hull BSc 1938 University of London PhD 1954
Known for	Barker code
Awards	IEE Heaviside Premium (1953) FIET(1960) FIMechE 1974) Fellow of the Institute of Physics(1962) Chartered Engineer (UK)(1966)
	Scientific career
Fields	Radar Telemetry Encryption and Electrical Engineering
Institutions	Signals Research and Development Establishment; Central Electricity Research Laboratories Leatherhead; Pullin Group (Rank Organisation); Royal Armament Research and Development Fort Halstead;
Thesis	The Servo Problem Involved in the Transmission of Angular Data by Pulse Code Modulation (1954)

Ronald Hugh Barker FIEE (28 October 1915 – 7 October 2015) was an Irish physicist and the inventor of Barker code. A popular method for synchronising digital communication to avoid corruption of the data received. The method has been studied and researched worldwide and is commonly used in most data transmissions today. Examples of applications include radar, mobile phone technology, telemetry, digital speech, ultrasound imaging and testing, GPS, Wi-Fi, radio frequency identification, barcodes, tracking, stock control and vehicle guidance.

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