103 research outputs found
Optimal Ferrers Diagram Rank-Metric Codes
Optimal rank-metric codes in Ferrers diagrams are considered. Such codes
consist of matrices having zeros at certain fixed positions and can be used to
construct good codes in the projective space. Four techniques and constructions
of Ferrers diagram rank-metric codes are presented, each providing optimal
codes for different diagrams and parameters.Comment: to be presented in Algebra, Codes, and Networks, Bordeaux, June 16 -
20, 201
Large Constant Dimension Codes and Lexicodes
Constant dimension codes, with a prescribed minimum distance, have found
recently an application in network coding. All the codewords in such a code are
subspaces of \F_q^n with a given dimension. A computer search for large
constant dimension codes is usually inefficient since the search space domain
is extremely large. Even so, we found that some constant dimension lexicodes
are larger than other known codes. We show how to make the computer search more
efficient. In this context we present a formula for the computation of the
distance between two subspaces, not necessarily of the same dimension.Comment: submitted for ALCOMA1
Problems on q-Analogs in Coding Theory
The interest in -analogs of codes and designs has been increased in the
last few years as a consequence of their new application in error-correction
for random network coding. There are many interesting theoretical, algebraic,
and combinatorial coding problems concerning these q-analogs which remained
unsolved. The first goal of this paper is to make a short summary of the large
amount of research which was done in the area mainly in the last few years and
to provide most of the relevant references. The second goal of this paper is to
present one hundred open questions and problems for future research, whose
solution will advance the knowledge in this area. The third goal of this paper
is to present and start some directions in solving some of these problems.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:0805.3528 by other author
Tables of subspace codes
One of the main problems of subspace coding asks for the maximum possible
cardinality of a subspace code with minimum distance at least over
, where the dimensions of the codewords, which are vector
spaces, are contained in . In the special case of
one speaks of constant dimension codes. Since this (still) emerging
field is very prosperous on the one hand side and there are a lot of
connections to classical objects from Galois geometry it is a bit difficult to
keep or to obtain an overview about the current state of knowledge. To this end
we have implemented an on-line database of the (at least to us) known results
at \url{subspacecodes.uni-bayreuth.de}. The aim of this recurrently updated
technical report is to provide a user guide how this technical tool can be used
in research projects and to describe the so far implemented theoretic and
algorithmic knowledge.Comment: 44 pages, 6 tables, 7 screenshot
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