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Codes in the sum-rank metric have received many attentions in recent years, since they have wide applications in the multishot network coding, the space-time coding and the distributed storage. In this paper, by constructing covering codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Chao Liu , Hao Chen , Qinqin Ji , Ziyan Xie , Dabin Zheng , Yongbo Xia

Lifted maximum rank distance (MRD) codes, which are constant dimension codes, are considered. It is shown that a lifted MRD code can be represented in such a way that it forms a block design known as a transversal design. A slightly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Tuvi Etzion , Natalia Silberstein

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

In this paper we introduce and investigate rank-metric intersecting codes, a new class of linear codes in the rank-metric context, inspired by the well-studied notion of intersecting codes in the Hamming metric. A rank-metric code is said…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-02 Daniele Bartoli , Martino Borello , Giuseppe Marino , Martin Scotti

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

A basic problem for the constant dimension subspace coding is to determine the maximal possible size A_q (n, d, k) of a set of k-dimensional subspaces in Fnq such that the subspace distance satisfies d(U, V )> or =d for any two different…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-06 Hao Chen , Xianmang He , Jian Weng , Liqing Xu

In this paper, we propose and study $r$-minimal codes, a natural extension of minimal codes which have been extensively studied with respect to Hamming metric, rank metric and sum-rank metric. We first propose $r$-minimal codes in a general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Yang Xu , Haibin Kan , Guangyue Han

This is a chapter of the upcoming "A Concise Encyclopedia of Coding Theory", W.C. Huffman, J.-L. Kim, and P. Sole' Eds., CRC Press. The chapter gives an introduction to the mathematical theory of rank-metric codes. Treated topics include:…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Elisa Gorla

We study properties of rank metric and codes in rank metric over finite fields. We show that in rank metric perfect codes do not exist. We derive an existence bound that is the equivalent of the Gilbert--Varshamov bound in Hamming metric.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2007-07-13 P. Loidreau

A class of linear block codes which simultaneously generalizes Gabidulin codes and a class of skew cyclic codes is defined. For these codes, both a Hartmann-Tzeng-like bound and a Roos-like bound, with respect to their rank distance, are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-18 José Manuel Muñoz

In this paper, we will employ the technique used in the proof of classical Singleton bound to derive upper bounds for rank metric codes and Ferrers diagram rank metric codes. These upper bounds yield the rank distance Singleton bound and an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-19 Srikanth B. Pai , B. Sundar Rajan

In this paper, we investigate geometrical properties of the rank metric space and covering properties of rank metric codes. We first establish an analytical expression for the intersection of two balls with rank radii, and then derive an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-06-23 Maximilien Gadouleau , Zhiyuan Yan

The sum-rank metric can be seen as a generalization of both, the rank and the Hamming metric. It is well known that sum-rank metric codes outperform rank metric codes in terms of the required field size to construct maximum distance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-06 Cornelia Ott , Hedongliang Liu , Antonia Wachter-Zeh

Optimal rank-metric codes in Ferrers diagrams can be used to construct good subspace codes. Such codes consist of matrices having zeros at certain fixed positions. This paper generalizes the known constructions for Ferrers diagram…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Shuangqing Liu , Yanxun Chang , Tao Feng

Let $p$ be a prime such that $p \equiv 2$ or $3$ mod $5$. Linear block codes over the non-commutative matrix ring of $2 \times 2$ matrices over the prime field $GF(p)$ endowed with the Bachoc weight are derived as isometric images of linear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-17 Bryan Hernandez , Virgilio Sison

Sum-rank metric codes are a natural extension of both linear block codes and rank-metric codes. They have several applications in information theory, including multishot network coding and distributed storage systems. The aim of this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Elisa Gorla , Umberto Martínez-Peñas , Flavio Salizzoni

Motivated by applications to the theory of rank-metric codes, we study the problem of estimating the number of common complements of a family of subspaces over a finite field in terms of the cardinality of the family and its intersection…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-01-19 Anina Gruica , Alberto Ravagnani

We review the main results of the theory of rank-metric codes, with emphasis on their combinatorial properties. We study their duality theory and MacWilliams identities, comparing in particular rank-metric codes in vector and matrix…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-06 Elisa Gorla , Alberto Ravagnani

In this paper, we develop a geometric framework for matrix rank-metric codes based on generator tensors and their slice spaces. To every nondegenerate matrix rank-metric code, we associate two systems, which translate metric properties of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Gianira N. Alfarano , Martino Borello , Alessandro Neri

For any admissible value of the parameters there exist Maximum Rank distance (shortly MRD) $\mathbb{F}_{q^n}$-linear codes of $\mathbb{F}_q^{n\times n}$. It has been shown in \cite{H-TNRR} (see also \cite{ByrneRavagnani}) that, if field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-08 Luca Giuzzi , Ferdinando Zullo