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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 this paper we study the decoding capabilities of convolutional codes over the erasure channel. Of special interest will be maximum distance profile (MDP) convolutional codes. These are codes which have a maximum possible column distance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-01 Virtudes Tomás , Joachim Rosenthal , Roxana Smarandache

We consider the problem of designing optimal linear codes (in terms of having the largest minimum distance) subject to a support constraint on the generator matrix. We show that the largest minimum distance can be achieved by a subcode of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Hikmet Yildiz , Babak Hassibi

In this paper, we develop the theory of convolutional codes over finite commutative chain rings. In particular, we focus on maximum distance profile (MDP) convolutional codes and we provide a characterization of these codes, generalizing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Gianira N. Alfarano , Anina Gruica , Julia Lieb , Joachim Rosenthal

Convolutional codes are a class of error-correcting codes that performs very well over erasure channels with low delay requirements. In particular, Maximum Distance Profile (MDP) convolutional codes, which are defined to have optimal column…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Zita Abreu , Julia Lieb , Raquel Pinto

Linear complementary dual (LCD) maximum distance separable (MDS) codes are constructed to given specifications. For given $n$ and $r<n$, with $n$ or $r$ (or both) odd, MDS LCD $(n,r)$ codes are constructed over finite fields whose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Ted Hurley

Symbol-pair code is a new coding framework which is proposed to correct errors in the symbol-pair read channel. In particular, maximum distance separable (MDS) symbol-pair codes are a kind of symbol-pair codes with the best possible…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-10 Shuxing Li , Gennian Ge

In this work, we provide four methods for constructing new maximum sum-rank distance (MSRD) codes. The first method, a variant of cartesian products, allows faster decoding than known MSRD codes of the same parameters. The other three…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Umberto Martínez-Peñas

Maximum-distance-separable (MDS) codes are a class of erasure codes that are widely adopted to enhance the reliability of distributed storage systems (DSS). In (n, k) MDS coded DSS, the original data are stored into n distributed nodes in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-16 Sheng Guan , Haibin Kan , Xin Wang

This paper deals with the problem of constructing superregular matrices that lead to MDP convolutional codes. These matrices are a type of lower block triangular Toeplitz matrices with the property that all the square submatrices that can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-18 P. Almeida , D. Napp , R. Pinto

We study the existence over small fields of Maximum Distance Separable (MDS) codes with generator matrices having specified supports (i.e. having specified locations of zero entries). This problem unifies and simplifies the problems posed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-17 Son Hoang Dau , Wentu Song , Chau Yuen

A linear code with parameters of the form $[n, k, n-k+1]$ is referred to as an MDS (maximum distance separable) code. A linear code with parameters of the form $[n, k, n-k]$ is said to be almost MDS (i.e., almost maximum distance separable)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-04 Qiuyan Wang , Ziling Heng

Self-dual maximum distance separable codes (self-dual MDS codes) and self-dual near MDS codes are very important in coding theory and practice. Thus, it is interesting to construct self-dual MDS or self-dual near MDS codes. In this paper,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Daitao Huang , Qin Yue , Yongfeng Niu , Xia Li

The matrix completion problem provides a unifying lens through which many fundamental problems in coding theory can be viewed. In this paper, we investigate Locally Recoverable Codes (LRCs) with Maximal Recoverability (MR) and Maximum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Sakshi Dang , Julia Lieb , Pedro Soto , Alex Sprintson

A systematic convolutional encoder of rate $(n-1)/n$ and maximum degree $D$ generates a code of free distance at most ${\cal D} = D+2$ and, at best, a column distance profile (CDP) of $[2,3,\ldots,{\cal D}]$. A code is \emph{Maximum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-30 Ángela Barbero , Øyvind Ytrehus

We present families of quantum error-correcting codes which are optimal in the sense that the minimum distance is maximal. These maximum distance separable (MDS) codes are defined over q-dimensional quantum systems, where q is an arbitrary…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-27 Markus Grassl , Thomas Beth , Martin Roetteler

Maximum distance separable (MDS) and near maximum distance separable (NMDS) codes have been widely used in various fields such as communication systems, data storage, and quantum codes due to their algebraic properties and excellent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Yujie Zhi , Shixin Zhu

Quantum maximal-distance-separable (MDS) codes form an important class of quantum codes. To get $q$-ary quantum MDS codes, it suffices to find linear MDS codes $C$ over $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$ satisfying $C^{\perp_H}\subseteq C$ by the Hermitian…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-12 Bocong Chen , San Ling , Guanghui Zhang

New families of maximum distance separable (MDS) codes are constructed from elliptic curves by exploiting their group structures. In contrast to classical constructions based on divisors supported at a single rational point, the proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Puyin Wang , Wei Liu , Jinquan Luo , Dengxin Zhai

Symbol-pair codes introduced by Cassuto and Blaum in 2010 are designed to protect against the pair errors in symbol-pair read channels. One of the central themes in symbol-error correction is the construction of maximal distance separable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Xiuxin Tang , Rong Luo