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Maximum-distance separable (MDS) array codes with high rate and an optimal repair property were introduced recently. These codes could be applied in distributed storage systems, where they minimize the communication and disk access required…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-02-19 Eyal En Gad , Robert Mateescu , Filip Blagojevic , Cyril Guyot , Zvonimir Bandic

Let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field with $q=p^{e}$ elements, where $p$ is a prime number and $e \geq 1$ is an integer. In this paper, by means of generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) codes, we construct two new classes of quantum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Hualu Liu , Xiusheng Liu

One of the most fundamental topics in subspace coding is to explore the maximal possible value ${\bf A}_q(n,d,k)$ of a set of $k$-dimensional subspaces in $\mathbb{F}_q^n$ such that the subspace distance satisfies $\operatorname{d_S}(U,V) =…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Xianmang He , Yindong Chen , Zusheng Zhang , Kunxiao Zhou

Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) self-dual codes are of significant theoretical and practical importance. Generalized Reed-Solomon (GRS) codes are the most prominent MDS codes. Correspondingly there have been many research on constructions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Chun'e Zhao , Wenping Ma

A $(k+r,k,l)$ binary array code of length $k+r$, dimension $k$, and sub-packetization $l$ is composed of $l\times(k+r)$ matrices over $\mathbb{F}_2$, with every column of the matrix stored on a separate node in the distributed storage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Lan Ma , Qifu Tyler Sun , Shaoteng Liu , Liyang Zhou

Extended Han-Zhang codes are a class of linear codes where each code is either a non-generalized Reed-Solomon (non-GRS) maximum distance separable (MDS) code or a near MDS (NMDS) code. They have important applications in communication,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Yang Li , Zhenliang Lu , San Ling , Shixin Zhu , Kwok Yan Lam

Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) codes with a sparse and balanced generator matrix are appealing in distributed storage systems for balancing and minimizing the computational load. Such codes have been constructed via Reed-Solomon codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Tingting Chen , Xiande Zhang

An improved Singleton-type upper bound is presented for the list decoding radius of linear codes, in terms of the code parameters [n,k,d] and the list size L. L-MDS codes are then defined as codes that attain this bound (under a slightly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-30 Ron M. Roth

In this paper, we obtain some new results on the existence of MDS self-dual codes utilizing (extended) generalized Reed-Solomon codes over finite fields of odd characteristic. For some fixed $q$, our results can produce more classes of MDS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Khawla Labad , Honwei Liu , Jinquan Luo

Entanglement-assisted quantum error correcting codes (EAQECCs) play a significant role in protecting quantum information from decoherence and quantum noise. Recently, constructing entanglement-assisted quantum maximum distance separable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Wan Jiang , Shixin Zhu , Xiaojing Chen

We construct maximally recoverable codes (corresponding to partial MDS codes) which are based on linearized Reed-Solomon codes. The new codes have a smaller field size requirement compared with known constructions. For certain asymptotic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-15 Han Cai , Ying Miao , Moshe Schwartz , Xiaohu Tang

The additive codes may have better parameters than linear codes. However, it is still a challenging problem to efficiently construct additive codes that outperform linear codes, especially those with greater distances than linear codes of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Chaofeng Guan , Ruihu Li , Yiting Liu , Zhi Ma

We will construct an MDS(= the most distance separable) code $C$ which admits a decomposition such that every factor is still MDS. An effective way of decoding will be also discussed.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-15 Ken-ichi Sugiyama

Let $C$ be a $(n,q^{2k},n-k+1)_{q^2}$ additive MDS code which is linear over ${\mathbb F}_q$. We prove that if $n \geqslant q+k$ and $k+1$ of the projections of $C$ are linear over ${\mathbb F}_{q^2}$ then $C$ is linear over ${\mathbb…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-14 Simeon Ball , Guillermo Gamboa , Michel Lavrauw

$\epsilon$-Minimum Storage Regenerating ($\epsilon$-MSR) codes form a special class of Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) codes, providing mechanisms for exact regeneration of a single code block in their codewords by downloading slighly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-04 Venkatesan Guruswami , Satyanarayana V. Lokam , Sai Vikneshwar Mani Jayaraman

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

We prove that if two linear codes are equivalent then they are semi-linearly equivalent. We also prove that if two additive MDS codes over a field are equivalent then they are additively equivalent.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-19 Simeon Ball , James Dixon

Sum-rank codes are an important class of codes which can be utilized for linear network coding, space-time coding and distributed storage. They can not only reduce the size of network alphabet but also detect and correct more errors. Based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Qingfeng Xia , Hongwei Liu , Hao Chen , Xu Pan

In this paper, we consider the convertible codes with the maximum distance separable (MDS) property, which can adjust the code rate according to the failure rates of devices. We first extend the notion of convertible codes to allow initial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Songping Ge , Han Cai , Xiaohu Tang

In the modern era of large-scale computing systems, a crucial use of error correcting codes is to judiciously introduce redundancy to ensure recoverability from failure. To get the most out of every byte, practitioners and theorists have…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Joshua Brakensiek , Venkatesan Guruswami