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In this paper, we study properties of rank metric codes in general and maximum rank distance (MRD) codes in particular. For codes with the rank metric, we first establish Gilbert and sphere-packing bounds, and then obtain the asymptotic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Maximilien Gadouleau , Zhiyuan Yan

In the realm of rank-metric codes, Maximum Rank Distance (MRD) codes are optimal algebraic structures attaining the Singleton-like bound. A major open problem in this field is determining whether an MRD code can be extended to a longer one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Daniele Bartoli , Alessandro Giannoni , Giuseppe Marino , Alessandro Neri

MRD codes are maximum codes in the rank-distance metric space on $m$-by-$n$ matrices over the finite field of order $q$. They are diameter perfect and have the cardinality $q^{m(n-d+1)}$ if $m\ge n$. We define switching in MRD codes as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Minjia Shi , Denis S. Krotov , Ferruh Özbudak

Scattered polynomials of a given index over finite fields are intriguing rare objects with many connections within mathematics. Of particular interest are the exceptional ones, as defined in 2018 by the first author and Zhou, for which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-18 Daniele Bartoli , Giovanni Zini , Ferdinando Zullo

Rank-metric codes were studied by E. Gabidulin in 1985 after a brief introduction by Delsarte in 1978 as an equivalent of Reed-Solomon codes, but based on linearized polynomials. They have found applications in many areas, including linear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Ousmane Ndiaye , Peter Arnaud Kidoudou , Hervé Tale Kalachi

In this note, we provide a description of the elements of minimum rank of a generalized Gabidulin code in terms of Grassmann coordinates. As a consequence, a characterization of linearized polynomials of rank at most $n-k$ is obtained, as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-15 Luca Giuzzi , Guglielmo Lunardon

We consider linear rank-metric codes in $\mathbb F_{q^m}^n$. We show that the properties of being MRD (maximum rank distance) and non-Gabidulin are generic over the algebraic closure of the underlying field, which implies that over a large…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-13 Alessandro Neri , Anna-Lena Horlemann-Trautmann , Tovohery Randrianarisoa , Joachim Rosenthal

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

In 2019, Trombetti and Zhou introduced a new family of $\mathbb{F}_{q^n}$-linear Maximum Rank Distance (MRD) codes over $\mathbb{F}_{q^{2n}}$. For such codes we propose a new syndrome-based decoding algorithm. It is well known that a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Chunlei Li , Angelica Piccirillo , Olga Polverino , Ferdinando Zullo

We compare the two duality theories of rank-metric codes proposed by Delsarte and Gabidulin, proving that the former generalizes the latter. We also give an elementary proof of MacWilliams identities for the general case of Delsarte…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-03 Alberto Ravagnani

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 provide a large family of rank-metric codes, which contains properly the codes recently found by Longobardi and Zanella (2021) and by Longobardi, Marino, Trombetti and Zhou (2021). These codes are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-16 Alessandro Neri , Paolo Santonastaso , Ferdinando Zullo

We determine the automorphism group of Gabidulin codes of full length and characterise when these codes are equivalent to self-dual codes.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-25 Gabriele Nebe , Wolfgang Willems

Four constructions for Ferrers diagram rank-metric (FDRM) codes are presented. The first one makes use of a characterization on generator matrices of a class of systematic maximum rank distance codes. By introducing restricted Gabidulin…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Shuangqing Liu , Yanxun Chang , Tao Feng

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

Most well-known constructions of $(N \times n, q^{Nk}, d)$ maximum rank distance (MRD) codes rely on the arithmetic of $\mathbb{F}_{q^N}$, whose increasing complexity with larger $N$ hinders parameter selection and practical implementation.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-16 Zhe Zhai , Sheng Jin , Qifu Tyler Sun , Zongpeng Li

In this paper, we present a new family of maximum rank distance (MRD for short) codes in $\mathbb F_{q}^{2n\times 2n}$ of minimum distance $2\leq d\leq 2n$. In particular, when $d=2n$, we can show that the corresponding semifield is exactly…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Rocco Trombetti , Yue Zhou

The tensor rank of some Gabidulin codes of small dimension is investigated. In particular, we determine the tensor rank of any rank metric code equivalent to an $8$-dimensional $\mathbb{F}_q$-linear generalized Gabidulin code in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Daniele Bartoli , Giovanni Zini , Ferdinando Zullo

A sum-rank-metric code attaining the Singleton bound is called maximum sum-rank distance (MSRD). MSRD codes have been constructed for some parameter cases. In this paper we construct a linear MSRD code over an arbitrary field ${\bf F}_q$…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Hao Chen

Subspace codes and rank-metric codes can be used to correct errors and erasures in network, with linear network coding. Subspace codes were introduced by Koetter and Kschischang to correct errors and erasures in networks where topology is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-07 Hessam Mahdavifar , Alexander Vardy