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Noisy shuffling channels capture the main characteristics of DNA storage systems where distinct segments of data are received out of order, after being corrupted by substitution errors. For realistic schemes with short-length segments,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Javad Haghighat , Tolga M. Duman

Correcting insertions/deletions as well as substitution errors simultaneously plays an important role in DNA-based storage systems as well as in classical communications. This paper deals with the fundamental task of constructing codes that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Ilia Smagloy , Lorenz Welter , Antonia Wachter-Zeh , Eitan Yaakobi

This paper proposes an erasure correcting code and its systematic form for the distributed storage system. The proposed codes are encoded by exclusive OR and bit-level shift operation. By the shift operation, the encoded packets are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-08 Yuta Hanaki , Takayuki Nozaki

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), with its high density and long durability, is a promising storage medium for long-term archival storage and has attracted much attention. Several studies have verified the feasibility of using DNA for archival…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Yixun Wei , Bingzhe Li , David H. C. Du

In this work, we introduce convolutional codes for network-error correction in the context of coherent network coding. We give a construction of convolutional codes that correct a given set of error patterns, as long as consecutive errors…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-08-06 K. Prasad , B. Sundar Rajan

DNA sequences are prone to creating secondary structures by folding back on themselves by non-specific hybridization among its nucleotides. The formation of secondary structures makes the sequences chemically inactive towards synthesis and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Siddhartha Siddhiprada Bhoi , Paramapalli Udaya , Abhay Kumar Singh

Recent experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of storing digital information in macromolecules such as DNA and protein. However, the DNA storage channel is prone to errors such as deletions, insertions, and substitutions. During the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Aryan Abbasian , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Masoumeh Nasiri Kenari

In this paper, we study how often unique decoding from $t$ insertions or $t$ deletions occurs for error correcting codes. Insertions and deletions frequently occur in synchronization problems and DNA, a medium which is beginning to be used…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-29 Kayvon Mazooji

Although the expenses associated with DNA sequencing have been rapidly decreasing, the current cost of sequencing information stands at roughly $120/GB, which is dramatically more expensive than reading from existing archival storage…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Daniella Bar-Lev , Omer Sabary , Ryan Gabrys , Eitan Yaakobi

In modern age, the increasing complexity of computation and communication technology is leading us towards the necessity of new paradigm. As a result, unconventional approach like DNA coding theory is gaining considerable attention. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Mandrita Mondal , Kumar S. Ray

Due to the redundant nature of DNA synthesis and sequencing technologies, a basic model for a DNA storage system is a multi-draw "shuffling-sampling" channel. In this model, a random number of noisy copies of each sequence is observed at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Kel Levick , Reinhard Heckel , Ilan Shomorony

Error correction codes are a crucial part of the physical communication layer, ensuring the reliable transfer of data over noisy channels. The design of optimal linear block codes capable of being efficiently decoded is of major concern,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Yoni Choukroun , Lior Wolf

The short lifespan of traditional data storage media, coupled with an exponential increase in storage demand, has made long-term archival a fundamental problem in the data storage industry and beyond. Consequently, researchers are looking…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Xavier Pic , Nimesh Pinnamaneni , Raja Appuswamy

In this paper, we study the Random Access Problem in DNA storage, which addresses the challenge of retrieving a specific information strand from a DNA-based storage system. In this framework, the data is represented by $k$ information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Avital Boruchovsky , Ohad Elishco , Ryan Gabrys , Anina Gruica , Itzhak Tamo , Eitan Yaakobi

Decoding sequences that stem from multiple transmissions of a codeword over an insertion, deletion, and substitution channel is a critical component of efficient deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) data storage systems. In this paper, we consider a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-30 Andreas Lenz , Issam Maarouf , Lorenz Welter , Antonia Wachter-Zeh , Eirik Rosnes , Alexandre Graell i Amat

Synthetic polymer-based storage seems to be a particularly promising candidate that could help to cope with the ever-increasing demand for archival storage requirements. It involves designing molecules of distinct masses to represent the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Anisha Banerjee , Antonia Wachter-Zeh , Eitan Yaakobi

Enzymatic DNA labeling is a powerful tool with applications in biochemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, medical science, and genomic research. This paper contributes to the evolving field of DNA-based data storage by presenting a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-15 Daniella Bar-Lev , Tuvi Etzion , Eitan Yaakobi , Zohar Yakhini

Biological data mainly comprises of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and protein sequences. These are the biomolecules which are present in all cells of human beings. Due to the self-replicating property of DNA, it is a key constitute of genetic…

Other Quantitative Biology · Quantitative Biology 2020-06-04 Shakeela Bibi , Javed Iqbal , Adnan Iftekhar , Mir Hassan

The coverage depth problem in DNA data storage is about computing the expected number of reads needed to recover all encoded strands. Given a generator matrix of a linear code, this quantity equals the expected number of randomly drawn…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Matteo Bertuzzo , Alberto Ravagnani , Eitan Yaakobi

This study explores the self-synchronization problem in DNA coding, specifically addressing single-deletion errors without using delimiters between codewords. We aim to identify the beginning of each codeword without using delimiters,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Whan-Hyuk Choi