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On the Parameters of Codes for Data Access

Information Theory 2024-07-02 v1 math.IT

Abstract

This paper studies two crucial problems in the context of coded distributed storage systems directly related to their performance: 1) for a fixed alphabet size, determine the minimum number of servers the system must have for its service rate region to contain a prescribed set of points; 2) for a given number of servers, determine the minimum alphabet size for which the service rate region of the system contains a prescribed set of points. The paper establishes rigorous upper and lower bounds, as well as code constructions based on techniques from coding theory, optimization, and projective geometry.

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@article{arxiv.2407.01229,
  title  = {On the Parameters of Codes for Data Access},
  author = {Altan B. Kilic and Alberto Ravagnani and Emina Soljanin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.01229},
  year   = {2024}
}
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