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Upper Bounds on the Size of Grain-Correcting Codes

Discrete Mathematics 2013-06-20 v4 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, we re-visit the combinatorial error model of Mazumdar et al. that models errors in high-density magnetic recording caused by lack of knowledge of grain boundaries in the recording medium. We present new upper bounds on the cardinality/rate of binary block codes that correct errors within this model.

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@article{arxiv.1302.6154,
  title  = {Upper Bounds on the Size of Grain-Correcting Codes},
  author = {Navin Kashyap and Gilles Zémor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.6154},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

This is an extended version of a paper submitted to the 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT 2013). Material from Sections 1, 2, 3 and 6 of this version were submitted to ISIT 2013. Version v4 contains updated figures and a new Section 5

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