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Two-dimensional error-correcting codes, where codewords are represented as $n \times n$ arrays over a $q$-ary alphabet, find important applications in areas such as QR codes, DNA-based storage, and racetrack memories. Among the possible…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Wenhao Liu , Zhengyi Jiang , Zhongyi Huang , Hanxu Hou

Consider two remote nodes (encoder and decoder), each with a binary sequence. The encoder's sequence $X$ differs from the decoder's sequence $Y$ by a small number of edits (deletions and insertions). The goal is to construct a message $M$,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-28 Mahed Abroshan , Ramji Venkataramanan , Albert Guillen i Fabregas

A permutation code is a nonlinear code whose codewords are permutation of a set of symbols. We consider the use of permutation code in the deletion channel, and consider the symbol-invariant error model, meaning that the values of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Minhan Gao , Kenneth W. Shum

We first give a construction of binary $t_1$-deletion-$t_2$-insertion-burst correcting codes with redundancy at most $\log(n)+(t_1-t_2-1)\log\log(n)+O(1)$, where $t_1\ge 2t_2$. Then we give an improved construction of binary codes capable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Zuo Ye , Ohad Elishco

The interest in channel models in which the data is sent as an unordered set of binary strings has increased lately, due to emerging applications in DNA storage, among others. In this paper we analyze the minimal redundancy of binary codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-29 Jin Sima , Netanel Raviv , Jehoshua Bruck

In this paper, we present a novel communication channel, called the absorption channel, inspired by information transmission in neurons. Our motivation comes from in-vivo nano-machines, emerging medical applications, and brain-machine…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Zuo Ye , Ohad Elishco

In this paper we consider the problem of encoding data into \textit{repeat-free} sequences in which sequences are imposed to contain any $k$-tuple at most once (for predefined $k$). First, the capacity of the repeat-free constraint are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-22 Ohad Elishco , Ryan Gabrys , Eitan Yaakobi , Muriel Médard

Batch codes are a useful notion of locality for error correcting codes, originally introduced in the context of distributed storage and cryptography. Many constructions of batch codes have been given, but few lower bound (limitation)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-07 Ray Li , Mary Wootters

We give an explicit construction of length-$n$ binary codes capable of correcting the deletion of two bits that have size $2^n/n^{4+o(1)}$. This matches up to lower order terms the existential result, based on an inefficient greedy choice…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Venkatesan Guruswami , Johan Håstad

In recent years, the emergence of DNA storage systems has led to a widespread focus on the research of codes correcting insertions, deletions, and classic substitutions. During the initial investigation, Levenshtein discovered the VT codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Yuhang Pi , Zhifang Zhang

In this paper, we investigate codes designed to correct two bursts of deletions, where each burst has a length of exactly $b$, where $b>1$. The previous best construction, achieved through the syndrome compression technique, had a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Zuo Ye , Yubo Sun , Wenjun Yu , Gennian Ge , Ohad Elishco

This paper addresses fundamental challenges in two-dimensional error correction by constructing optimal codes for \emph{criss-cross deletions}. We consider an $ n \times n $ array $\boldsymbol{X}$ over a $ q $-ary alphabet $\Sigma_q := \{0,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Yubo Sun , Gennian Ge

This paper studies codes that correct bursts of deletions. Namely, a code will be called a $b$-burst-deletion-correcting code if it can correct a deletion of any $b$ consecutive bits. While the lower bound on the redundancy of such codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-16 Clayton Schoeny , Antonia Wachter-Zeh , Ryan Gabrys , Eitan Yaakobi

Based on the extended binary image of non-binary LDPC codes, we propose a method for generating extra redundant bits, such as to decreases the coding rate of a mother code. The proposed method allows for using the same decoder, regardless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-15 Lam Pham Sy , Valentin Savin , David Declercq

The sequence reconstruction problem, introduced by Levenshtein in 2001, considers a communication scenario where the sender transmits a codeword from some codebook and the receiver obtains multiple noisy reads of the codeword. Motivated by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Johan Chrisnata , Han Mao Kiah , Eitan Yaakobi

We consider the problem of constructing codes that can correct $\delta$ deletions occurring in an arbitrary binary string of length $n$ bits. Varshamov-Tenengolts (VT) codes, dating back to 1965, are zero-error single deletion $(\delta=1)$…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Serge Kas Hanna , Salim El Rouayheb

Codes correcting bursts of deletions and localized deletions have garnered significant research interest in recent years. One of the primary objectives is to construct codes with minimal redundancy. Currently, the best known constructions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Zuo Ye , Yubo Sun , Gennian Ge

We develop novel protocols for generating loss-tolerant quantum codes; these are central for safeguarding information against qubit losses, with most crucial applications in quantum communications. Contrary to current proposals, our method…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-31 Francesco Cesa , Tommaso Feri , Angelo Bassi

Recent work by Smagloy et al. (ISIT 2020) shows that the redundancy of a single-deletion $s$-substitution correcting code is asymptotically at least $(s+1)\log n+o(\log n)$, where $n$ is the length of the codes. They also provide a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Wentu Song , Nikita Polyanskii , Kui Cai , Xuan He

We propose an efficient encoding algorithm for the binary and non-binary low-density parity-check codes. This algorithm transforms the parity part of the parity-check matrix into a block triangular matrix with low weight diagonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Yuta Iketo , Takayuki Nozaki