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We formulate the classical decoding algorithm of alternant codes afresh based on interpolation as in Sudan's list decoding of Reed-Solomon codes, and thus get rid of the key equation and the linear recurring sequences in the theory. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Kwankyu Lee

In this article, we present a new construction of evaluation codes in the Hamming metric, which we call twisted Reed-Solomon codes. Whereas Reed-Solomon (RS) codes are MDS codes, this need not be the case for twisted RS codes. Nonetheless,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Peter Beelen , Sven Puchinger , Johan Rosenkilde

The two primary decoding algorithms for Reed-Solomon codes are the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm and the Sugiyama et al. adaptation of the Euclidean algorithm, both designed to solve a key equation. In this article an alternative version of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-08-18 Maria Bras-Amorós , Michael E. O'Sullivan

We decode Reed-Solomon codes using soft information provided at the receiver. The Extended Euclidean Algorithm (EEA) is considered as an initial step to obtain an intermediate result. The final decoding result is obtained by interpolating…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-06-04 Mostafa Hosni Mohamed , Johan S. R. Nielsen , Martin Bossert

We study Reed--Solomon codes over arbitrary fields, inspired by several recent papers dealing with Gabidulin codes over fields of characteristic zero. Over the field of rational numbers, we derive bounds on the coefficient growth during…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-01 Carmen Sippel , Cornelia Ott , Sven Puchinger , Martin Bossert

In this paper we provide a detailed description of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, the most important algorithms for decoding them, and their use in concatenated coding systems for space applications. In the current literature there is scattered…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-16 Polykarpos Thomadakis , Antonios Argyriou

Recently, a number of authors have proposed decoding schemes for Reed-Solomon (RS) codes based on multiple trials of a simple RS decoding algorithm. In this paper, we present a rate-distortion (R-D) approach to analyze these…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-08-21 Phong S. Nguyen , Henry D. Pfister , Krishna R. Narayanan

This study addresses the use of Reed-Solomon error correction codes in QR codes to enhance resilience against failures. To fully grasp this approach, a basic cryptographic context is provided, necessary for understanding Reed-Solomon codes.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Bhavuk Sikka Bajaj

A simple and natural Gao algorithm for decoding algebraic codes is described. Its relation to the Welch-Berlekamp and Euclidean algorithms is given.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-16 Sergei Fedorenko

Convolutional stabilizer codes promise to make quantum communication more reliable with attractive online encoding and decoding algorithms. This paper introduces a new approach to convolutional stabilizer codes based on direct limit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-07-13 Salah A. Aly , Andreas Klappenecker , Pradeep Kiran Sarvepalli

The key step of syndrome-based decoding of Reed-Solomon codes up to half the minimum distance is to solve the so-called Key Equation. List decoding algorithms, capable of decoding beyond half the minimum distance, are based on interpolation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-10-20 Alexander Zeh , Christian Gentner , Daniel Augot

This paper presents a method to merge Generalized Minimum Distance decoding of Reed-Solomon codes with the extended Euclidean algorithm. By merge, we mean that the steps taken to perform the Generalized Minimum Distance decoding are similar…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-10-19 Sabine Kampf , Martin Bossert

Constructing Reed-Solomon (RS) codes that can correct insertion and deletion (ins-del) errors has been the focus of several recent studies. However, efficient decoding algorithms for such codes have received less attention and remain a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Shubhransh Singhvi

Error-correcting codes are a method for representing data, so that one can recover the original information even if some parts of it were corrupted. The basic idea, which dates back to the revolutionary work of Shannon and Hamming about a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Mrinal Kumar , Noga Ron-Zewi

Gabidulin codes are the rank-metric analogs of Reed-Solomon codes and have a major role in practical error control for network coding. This paper presents new encoding and decoding algorithms for Gabidulin codes based on low-complexity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Danilo Silva , Frank R. Kschischang

Power decoding, or "decoding by virtual interleaving", of Reed--Solomon codes is a method for unique decoding beyond half the minimum distance. We give a new variant of the Power decoding scheme, building upon the key equation of Gao. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-05-22 Johan S. R. Nielsen

We consider recursive decoding for Reed-Muller (RM) codes and their subcodes. Two new recursive techniques are described. We analyze asymptotic properties of these algorithms and show that they substantially outperform other decoding…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-17 Ilya Dumer , Kirill Shabunov

Motivated by recent developments in coding theory, particular in list-decoding, we introduce a new error model which we call semi-adversarial errors. This error model bridges between fully random errors and fully adversarial errors by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Joshua Brakensiek , Yeyuan Chen , Manik Dhar , Zihan Zhang

We present a construction of subspace codes along with an efficient algorithm for list decoding from both insertions and deletions, handling an information-theoretically maximum fraction of these with polynomially small rate. Our…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-03 Venkatesan Guruswami , Srivatsan Narayanan , Carol Wang

A generalization of the Reiger bound is presented for the list decoding of burst errors. It is then shown that Reed-Solomon codes attain this bound.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-08-22 Ron M. Roth , Pascal O. Vontobel