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We consider $(n,k,l)$ MDS codes of length $n$, dimension $k$, and subpacketization $l$ over a finite field $\mathbb{F}$. A codeword of such a code consists of $n$ column-vectors of length $l$ over $\mathbb{F}$, with the property that any…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Ameera Chowdhury , Alexander Vardy

Dihedral codes, particular cases of quasi-cyclic codes, have a nice algebraic structure which allows to store them efficiently. In this paper, we investigate it and prove some lower bounds on their dimension and minimum distance, in analogy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Martino Borello , Abdelillah Jamous

Both linear complementary dual (LCD) codes and maximum distance separable (MDS) codes have good algebraic structures, and they have interesting practical applications such as communication systems, data storage, quantum codes, and so on. So…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-19 Yansheng Wu , Jong Yoon Hyun , Yoonjin Lee

Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) matrices play a central role in coding theory and symmetric-key cryptography due to their optimal diffusion properties. In this paper, we present a construction of MDS matrices using skew polynomial rings \(…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Atif Ahmad Khan , Shakir Ali , Elif Segah Oztas , Abhishek Kesarwani

In modern storage technologies, symbol-pair codes have emerged as a crucial framework for addressing errors in channels where symbols are read in overlapping pairs to guard against pair errors. A symbol-pair code that meets the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Rongxing Qiu , Weijun Fang

Maximum distance separable (MDS) codes and near MDS (NMDS) codes are of particular interest in coding theory due to their optimal error-correcting capabilities and wide applications in communication, cryptography, and storage systems. A…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Yang Li , Zhenliang Lu , San Ling , Kwok-Yan Lam

Constant dimension codes, with a prescribed minimum distance, have found recently an application in network coding. All the codewords in such a code are subspaces of $\F_q^n$ with a given dimension. A computer search for large constant…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-03-26 Natalia Silberstein , Tuvi Etzion

Algebraic systems are constructed from which series of maximum distance separable (mds) codes are derived. The methods use unit and idempotent schemes.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Barry Hurley , Ted Hurley

Maximum distance separable (MDS) codes have significant combinatorial and cryptographic applications due to their certain optimality. Generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) codes are the most prominent MDS codes. Twisted generalized Reed-Solomon…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-23 Chun'e Zhao , Wenping Ma , Tongjiang Yan , Yuhua Sun

Maximum distance separable (MDS) array codes are widely employed in modern distributed storage systems to provide high data reliability with small storage overhead. Compared with the data access latency of the entire file, the data access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Hao Shi , Zhengyi Jiang , Zhongyi Huang , Linqi Song , Hanxu Hou

Reed Muller (RM) codes are known for their good minimum distance. One can use their structure to construct polar-like codes with good distance properties by choosing the information set as the rows of the polarization matrix with the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-15 Samet Gelincik , Philippe Mary , Anne Savard , Jean-Yves Baudais

MRD codes are maximum codes in the rank-distance metric space on $m$-by-$n$ matrices over the finite field of order $q$. They are diameter perfect and have the cardinality $q^{m(n-d+1)}$ if $m\ge n$. We define switching in MRD codes as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Minjia Shi , Denis S. Krotov , Ferruh Özbudak

In this paper we construct constant dimension space codes with prescribed minimum distance. There is an increased interest in space codes since a paper by Koetter and Kschischang were they gave an application in network coding. There is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-01-13 Axel Kohnert , Sascha Kurz

An embedding of a code is a mapping that preserves distances between codewords. We prove that any code with code distance $\rho$ and length $d$ can be embedded into an MDS code with the same code distance and length but under a larger…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Vladimir N. Potapov

A subset $S$ of $\{0,1,...,2t-1\}^n$ is called a $t$-fold MDS code if every line in each of $n$ base directions contains exactly $t$ elements of $S$. The adjacency graph of a $t$-fold MDS code is not connected if and only if the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-05-14 Denis Krotov

An erasure channel with a fixed alphabet size $q$, where $q \gg 1$, is studied. It is proved that over any erasure channel (with or without memory), Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) codes achieve the minimum probability of error (assuming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-06-06 Shervan Fashandi , Shahab Oveis Gharan , Amir K. Khandani

In a recent paper, Brakensiek, Gopi and Makam introduced higher order MDS codes as a generalization of MDS codes. An order-$\ell$ MDS code, denoted by $\operatorname{MDS}(\ell)$, has the property that any $\ell$ subspaces formed from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Joshua Brakensiek , Sivakanth Gopi , Visu Makam

Near maximum distance separable (NMDS) codes, where both the code and its dual are almost maximum distance separable, play pivotal roles in combinatorial design theory and cryptographic applications. Despite progress in fixed dimensions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-10 Yaozong Zhang , Dabin Zheng , Xiaoqiang Wang , Wei Lu

In this paper we define and study a family of codes which come close to be MRD codes, so we call them AMRD codes (almost MRD). An AMRD code is a code with rank defect equal to 1. AMRD codes whose duals are AMRD are called dually AMRD.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-14 Javier de la Cruz

We construct constant-sized ensembles of linear error-correcting codes over any fixed alphabet that can correct a given fraction of adversarial erasures at rates approaching the Singleton bound arbitrarily closely. We provide several…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-07 Yeyuan Chen , Mahdi Cheraghchi , Nikhil Shagrithaya