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We propose a new class of efficient decoding algorithms for Reed-Muller (RM) codes over binary-input memoryless channels. The algorithms are based on projecting the code on its cosets, recursively decoding the projected codes (which are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-27 Min Ye , Emmanuel Abbe

We present a generalisation of Twisted Reed-Solomon codes containing a new large class of MDS codes. We prove that the code class contains a large subfamily that is closed under duality. Furthermore, we study the Schur squares of the new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Peter Beelen , Martin Bossert , Sven Puchinger , Johan Rosenkilde

In this paper, a new approach for decoding low-rate Reed-Solomon codes beyond half the minimum distance is considered and analyzed. Unlike the Sudan algorithm published in 1997, this new approach is based on multi-sequence shift-register…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Georg Schmidt , Vladimir R. Sidorenko , Martin Bossert

Compression algorithms are important for data oriented tasks, especially in the era of Big Data. Modern processors equipped with powerful SIMD instruction sets, provide us an opportunity for achieving better compression performance.…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2015-04-15 Wayne Xin Zhao , Xudong Zhang , Daniel Lemire , Dongdong Shan , Jian-Yun Nie , Hongfei Yan , Ji-Rong Wen

This paper is concerned with list decoding of $2$-interleaved binary alternant codes. The principle of the proposed algorithm is based on a combination of a list decoding algorithm for (interleaved) Reed-Solomon codes and an algorithm for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-14 Chih-Chiang Huang , Hedongliang Liu , Lukas Holzbaur , Sven Puchinger , Antonia Wachter-Zeh

Gabidulin codes are the rank-metric analogs of Reed-Solomon codes and have a major role in practical error control for network coding. This paper presents new encoding and decoding algorithms for Gabidulin codes based on low-complexity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Danilo Silva , Frank R. Kschischang

Future beyond-5G and 6G systems demand ultra-reliable, low-latency communication with short blocklengths, motivating the development of universal decoding algorithms. Guessing decoding, which infers the noise or codeword candidate in order…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Qianfan Wang , Jifan Liang , Peihong Yuan , Ken R. Duffy , Muriel Médard , Xiao Ma

In this work, we modify the decoding algorithm for subspace codes by Koetter and Kschischang to get a decoding algorithm for (generalized) twisted Gabidulin codes. The decoding algorithm we present applies to cases where the code is linear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-23 Tovohery Randrianarisoa , Joachim Rosenthal

Long Reed-Solomon (RS) codes are desirable for digital communication and storage systems due to their improved error performance, but the high computational complexity of their decoders is a key obstacle to their adoption in practice. As…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-30 Xuebin Wu , Zhiyuan Yan

Masked graph modeling (MGM) is a promising approach for molecular representation learning (MRL).However, extending the success of re-mask decoding from 2D to 3D MGM is non-trivial, primarily due to two conflicting challenges: avoiding 2D…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Chang Wu , Zhiyuan Liu , Wen Shu , Liang Wang , Yanchen Luo , Wenqiang Lei , Yatao Bian , Junfeng Fang , Xiang Wang

Reed-Muller codes encode an $m$-variate polynomial of degree $r$ by evaluating it on all points in $\{0,1\}^m$. We denote this code by $RM(m,r)$. The minimal distance of $RM(m,r)$ is $2^{m-r}$ and so it cannot correct more than half that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-28 Ramprasad Saptharishi , Amir Shpilka , Ben Lee Volk

The deep hole problem is a fundamental problem in coding theory, and it has many important applications in code constructions and cryptography. The deep hole problem of Reed-Solomon codes has gained a lot of attention. As a generalization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Haojie Gu , Nan Wang , Jun Zhang

The GM-MDS theorem, conjectured by Dau-Song-Dong-Yuen and proved by Lovett and Yildiz-Hassibi, shows that the generator matrices of Reed-Solomon codes can attain every possible configuration of zeros for an MDS code. The recently emerging…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-05 Joshua Brakensiek , Manik Dhar , Sivakanth Gopi

We provide an algebraic description for sum-rank metric codes, as quotient space of a skew polynomial ring. This approach generalizes at the same time the skew group algebra setting for rank-metric codes and the polynomial setting for codes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-05-24 Alessandro Neri

Gradient coding is a technique for straggler mitigation in distributed learning. In this paper we design novel gradient codes using tools from classical coding theory, namely, cyclic MDS codes, which compare favorably with existing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Netanel Raviv , Itzhak Tamo , Rashish Tandon , Alexandros G. Dimakis

We analyze the Guruswami--Sudan list decoding algorithm for Reed--Solomon codes over the complex field for sparse recovery in Compressed Sensing. We propose methods of stabilizing both the interpolation and the root-finding steps against…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-24 Mostafa H. Mohamed , Sven Puchinger , Martin Bossert

This paper presents a method to determine a set of basis polynomials from the extended Euclidean algorithm that allows Generalized Minimum Distance decoding of Reed-Solomon codes with a complexity of O(nd).

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-08 Sabine Kampf , Martin Bossert

We consider the decoding of LDPC codes over GF(q) with the low-complexity majority algorithm from [1]. A modification of this algorithm with multiple thresholds is suggested. A lower estimate on the decoding radius realized by the new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-25 Alexey Frolov , Victor Zyablov

Polynomial evaluation codes hold a prominent place in coding theory. In this work, we study the problem of list decoding for a general class of polynomial evaluation codes, also known as Toric codes, that are defined for any given convex…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Silouanos Brazitikos , Theodoulos Garefalakis , Eleni Tzanaki

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