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We introduce a general class of regular weight functions on finite abelian groups, and study the combinatorics, the duality theory, and the metric properties of codes endowed with such functions. The weights are obtained by composing a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Alberto Ravagnani

In this paper, we develop a geometric framework for matrix rank-metric codes based on generator tensors and their slice spaces. To every nondegenerate matrix rank-metric code, we associate two systems, which translate metric properties of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Gianira N. Alfarano , Martino Borello , Alessandro Neri

We define a class of automorphisms of rational function fields of finite characteristic and employ these to construct different types of optimal linear rank-metric codes. The first construction is of generalized Gabidulin codes over…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-30 Rakhi Pratihar , Tovohery Hajatiana Randrianarisoa

Gabidulin codes, serving as the rank-metric counterpart of Reed-Solomon codes, constitute an important class of maximum rank distance (MRD) codes. However, unlike the fruitful positive results about the list decoding of Reed-Solomon codes,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Zeyu Guo , Chaoping Xing , Chen Yuan , Zihan Zhang

We investigate two fundamental questions intersecting coding theory and combinatorial geometry, with emphasis on their connections. These are the problem of computing the asymptotic density of MRD codes in the rank metric, and the Critical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Anina Gruica , Alberto Ravagnani , John Sheekey , Ferdinando Zullo

It is well-known that the dimension of optimal anticodes in the rank-metric is divisible by the maximum m between the number of rows and columns of the matrices. Moreover, for a fixed k divisible by m, optimal rank-metric anticodes are the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Elisa Gorla , Cristina Landolina

Sum-rank metric codes are a natural extension of both linear block codes and rank-metric codes. They have several applications in information theory, including multishot network coding and distributed storage systems. The aim of this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Elisa Gorla , Umberto Martínez-Peñas , Flavio Salizzoni

For a growing number of applications such as cellular, peer-to-peer, and sensor networks, efficient error-free transmission of data through a network is essential. Toward this end, K\"{o}tter and Kschischang propose the use of subspace…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-04-03 Katherine Morrison

The rank metric measures the distance between two matrices by the rank of their difference. Codes designed for the rank metric have attracted considerable attention in recent years, reinforced by network coding and further motivated by a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Hannes Bartz , Lukas Holzbaur , Hedongliang Liu , Sven Puchinger , Julian Renner , Antonia Wachter-Zeh

This paper contributes to the study of rank-metric codes from an algebraic and combinatorial point of view. We introduce $q$-polymatroids, the $q$-analogue of polymatroids, and develop their basic properties. We associate a pair of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-06 Elisa Gorla , Relinde Jurrius , Hiram H. López , Alberto Ravagnani

Inspired by the work of Zhou "On equivalence of maximum additive symmetric rank-distance codes" (2020) based on the paper of Schmidt "Symmetric bilinear forms over finite fields with applications to coding theory" (2015), we investigate the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-08-14 Rocco Trombetti , Ferdinando Zullo

We consider linear codes over some fixed finite field extension over an arbitrary finite field. Gabidulin introduced rank metric codes, by endowing linear codes over the extension field with a rank weight over the base field and studied…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-01 Jérôme Ducoat

In this work we will present algorithms for decoding rank metric codes. First we will look at a new decoding algorithm for Gabidulin codes using the property of Dickson matrices corresponding to linearized polynomials. We will be using a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Tovohery Hajatiana Randrianarisoa

Optimal rank-metric codes in Ferrers diagrams can be used to construct good subspace codes. Such codes consist of matrices having zeros at certain fixed positions. This paper generalizes the known constructions for Ferrers diagram…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Shuangqing Liu , Yanxun Chang , Tao Feng

This paper presents encoding and decoding algorithms for several families of optimal rank metric codes whose codes are in restricted forms of symmetric, alternating and Hermitian matrices. First, we show the evaluation encoding is the right…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Wrya K. Kadir , Chunlei Li , Ferdinando Zullo

We study the generalized rank weight distribution of a linear code. First, we provide a MacWilliams-type identity which relates the distributions of a code and its dual. Then, we give a formula for the enumerator polynomial. Finally, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Julien Molina

Rank-metric codes are subspaces of matrices over finite fields endowed with the rank metric and admit a natural tensorial representation. The tensor rank provides a measure of the minimal size of a decomposition of a code into rank-one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Matteo Bonini , Eimear Byrne , Giuseppe Cotardo

The sum-rank metric provides a unifying framework that generalizes both the celebrated Hamming and rank metrics, and has found applications in areas such as network coding, distributed storage, and space-time coding. A central problem is to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Aida Abiad , Antonina P. Khramova , Sven C. Polak , Ferdinando Zullo

In this article, we investigate the decoding of the rank metric Reed--Muller codes introduced by Augot, Couvreur, Lavauzelle and Neri in 2021. These codes are defined from Abelian Galois extensions extending the construction of Gabidulin…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Alain Couvreur , Rakhi Pratihar

In this paper we study geometric aspects of codes in the sum-rank metric. We establish the geometric description of generalised weights, and analyse the Delsarte and geometric dual operations. We establish a correspondence between maximum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Paolo Santonastaso , John Sheekey