11 research outputs found
Fast Decoding of Codes in the Rank, Subspace, and Sum-Rank Metric
We speed up existing decoding algorithms for three code classes in different
metrics: interleaved Gabidulin codes in the rank metric, lifted interleaved
Gabidulin codes in the subspace metric, and linearized Reed-Solomon codes in
the sum-rank metric. The speed-ups are achieved by reducing the core of the
underlying computational problems of the decoders to one common tool: computing
left and right approximant bases of matrices over skew polynomial rings. To
accomplish this, we describe a skew-analogue of the existing PM-Basis algorithm
for matrices over usual polynomials. This captures the bulk of the work in
multiplication of skew polynomials, and the complexity benefit comes from
existing algorithms performing this faster than in classical quadratic
complexity. The new faster algorithms for the various decoding-related
computational problems are interesting in their own and have further
applications, in particular parts of decoders of several other codes and
foundational problems related to the remainder-evaluation of skew polynomials
Decoding and constructions of codes in rank and Hamming metric
As coding theory plays an important role in data transmission, decoding algorithms for new families of error correction codes are of great interest. This dissertation is dedicated to the decoding algorithms for new families of maximum rank distance (MRD) codes including additive generalized twisted Gabidulin (AGTG) codes and Trombetti-Zhou (TZ) codes, decoding algorithm for Gabidulin codes beyond half the minimum distance and also encoding and decoding algorithms for some new optimal rank metric codes with restrictions.
We propose an interpolation-based decoding algorithm to decode AGTG codes where the decoding problem is reduced to the problem of solving a projective polynomial equation of the form q(x) = xqu+1 +bx+a = 0 for a,b β Fqm. We investigate the zeros of q(x) when gcd(u,m)=1 and proposed a deterministic algorithm to solve a linearized polynomial equation which has a close connection to the zeros of q(x).
An efficient polynomial-time decoding algorithm is proposed for TZ codes. The interpolation-based decoding approach transforms the decoding problem of TZ codes to the problem of solving a quadratic polynomial equation. Two new communication models are defined and using our models we manage to decode Gabidulin codes beyond half the minimum distance by one unit. Our models also allow us to improve the complexity for decoding GTG and AGTG codes.
Besides working on MRD codes, we also work on restricted optimal rank metric codes including symmetric, alternating and Hermitian rank metric codes. Both encoding and decoding algorithms for these optimal families are proposed. In all the decoding algorithms presented in this thesis, the properties of Dickson matrix and the BM algorithm play crucial roles.
We also touch two problems in Hamming metric. For the first problem, some cryptographic properties of Welch permutation polynomial are investigated and we use these properties to determine the weight distribution of a binary linear codes with few weights. For the second one, we introduce two new subfamilies for maximum weight spectrum codes with respect to their weight distribution and then we investigate their properties.Doktorgradsavhandlin