This document discusses different channel coding techniques. It begins by introducing the concept of a noisy communication channel and the need for error correction. It then discusses early techniques like repetition coding and parity check codes. More advanced linear block codes and convolutional codes are presented. The document notes that while these codes help reduce errors, they do not achieve the theoretical maximum rate allowed by Shannon's channel capacity theorem. Finally, it introduces turbo codes as a breakthrough that can operate very close to channel capacity with reasonable complexity.