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We propose a new partial decoding algorithm for $m$-interleaved Reed--Solomon (IRS) codes that can decode, with high probability, a random error of relative weight $1-R^{\frac{m}{m+1}}$ at all code rates $R$, in time polynomial in the code…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-08 Sven Puchinger , Johan Rosenkilde né Nielsen

Automorphism Ensemble (AE) decoding has recently drawn attention as a possible alternative to list decoding of polar codes. In this letter, we investigate the distribution of Partially-Symmetric Reed-Muller (PS-RM) codes, a family of polar…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Charles Pillet , Valerio Bioglio , Pascal Giard

The Reed-Muller (RM) code encoding $n$-variate degree-$d$ polynomials over ${\mathbb F}_q$ for $d < q$, with its evaluation on ${\mathbb F}_q^n$, has relative distance $1-d/q$ and can be list decoded from a $1-O(\sqrt{d/q})$ fraction of…

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Practical large-scale quantum computation requires both efficient error correction and robust implementation of logical operations. Three-dimensional (3D) color codes are a promising candidate for fault-tolerant quantum computation due to…

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We consider the problem of coded distributed computing where a large linear computational job, such as a matrix multiplication, is divided into $k$ smaller tasks, encoded using an $(n,k)$ linear code, and performed over $n$ distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Mohammad Vahid Jamali , Mahdi Soleymani , Hessam Mahdavifar

Interleaved Reed-Solomon codes admit efficient decoding algorithms which correct burst errors far beyond half the minimum distance in the random errors regime, e.g., by computing a common solution to the Key Equation for each Reed-Solomon…

Block codes are considered for improving the reliability of messages stored in a computer memory with both stuck-at defects and random errors. It is assumed that the side information about the state of the defects is available to the…

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Topological quantum error-correcting codes are a promising candidate for building fault-tolerant quantum computers. Decoding topological codes optimally, however, is known to be a computationally hard problem. Various decoders have been…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-04-01 Milap Sheth , Sara Zafar Jafarzadeh , Vlad Gheorghiu

We consider the decoding of LDPC codes over GF(q) with the low-complexity majority algorithm from [1]. A modification of this algorithm with multiple thresholds is suggested. A lower estimate on the decoding radius realized by the new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-25 Alexey Frolov , Victor Zyablov

Concatenation of two quantum error correcting codes with complementary sets of transversal gates can provide a means towards universal fault-tolerant computation. We first show that it is generally preferable to choose the inner code with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-18 Christopher Chamberland , Tomas Jochym-O'Connor

Quantum error correction (QEC) is indispensable for realizing fault-tolerant quantum computation, yet its effectiveness hinges critically on the classical decoding algorithm that interprets noisy syndrome measurements. Among all possible…

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Reed-Muller (RM) codes are among the oldest, simplest and perhaps most ubiquitous family of codes. They are used in many areas of coding theory in both electrical engineering and computer science. Yet, many of their important properties are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Emmanuel Abbe , Amir Shpilka , Min Ye

Non-binary low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes have some advantages over their binary counterparts, but unfortunately their decoding complexity is a significant challenge. The iterative hard- and soft-reliability based majority-logic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-22 Chenrong Xiong , Zhiyuan Yan

Quantum computation promises significant computational advantages over classical computation for some problems. However, quantum hardware suffers from much higher error rates than in classical hardware. As a result, extensive quantum error…

We consider weighted Reed-Muller codes over point ensemble $S_1 \times...\times S_m$ where $S_i$ needs not be of the same size as $S_j$. For $m = 2$ we determine optimal weights and analyze in detail what is the impact of the ratio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-01 Olav Geil , Casper Thomsen

We explore the relationship between polar and RM codes and we describe a coding scheme which improves upon the performance of the standard polar code at practical block lengths. Our starting point is the experimental observation that RM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Marco Mondelli , S. Hamed Hassani , Rüdiger Urbanke

A majority logic decoder made of unreliable logic gates, whose failures are transient and datadependent, is analyzed. Based on a combinatorial representation of fault configurations a closed-form expression for the average bit error rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-28 Srdan Brkic , Predrag Ivanis , Bane Vasic

In [4] we describe a variation of the classical permutation decoding algorithm that can be applied to any binary affine-invariant code; in particular, it can be applied to first-order Reed-Muller codes successfully. In this paper we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-16 José Joaquín Bernal , Juan Jacobo Simón

Practically good error-correcting codes should have good parameters and efficient decoding algorithms. Some algebraically defined good codes such as cyclic codes, Reed-Solomon codes, and Reed-Muller codes have nice decoding algorithms.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Lucky Galvez , Jon-Lark Kim

Assuming that we have a soft-decision list decoding algorithm of a linear code, a new hard-decision list decoding algorithm of its repeated code is proposed in this article. Although repeated codes are not used for encoding data, due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-01 Fernando Hernando , Michael O'Sullivan , Diego Ruano