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Decoding Generalized Reed-Solomon Codes and Its Application to RLCE Encryption Schemes
This paper compares the efficiency of various algorithms for implementing
quantum resistant public key encryption scheme RLCE on 64-bit CPUs. By
optimizing various algorithms for polynomial and matrix operations over finite
fields, we obtained several interesting (or even surprising) results. For
example, it is well known (e.g., Moenck 1976 \cite{moenck1976practical}) that
Karatsuba's algorithm outperforms classical polynomial multiplication algorithm
from the degree 15 and above (practically, Karatsuba's algorithm only
outperforms classical polynomial multiplication algorithm from the degree 35
and above ). Our experiments show that 64-bit optimized Karatsuba's algorithm
will only outperform 64-bit optimized classical polynomial multiplication
algorithm for polynomials of degree 115 and above over finite field
. The second interesting (surprising) result shows that 64-bit
optimized Chien's search algorithm ourperforms all other 64-bit optimized
polynomial root finding algorithms such as BTA and FFT for polynomials of all
degrees over finite field . The third interesting (surprising)
result shows that 64-bit optimized Strassen matrix multiplication algorithm
only outperforms 64-bit optimized classical matrix multiplication algorithm for
matrices of dimension 750 and above over finite field . It should
be noted that existing literatures and practices recommend Strassen matrix
multiplication algorithm for matrices of dimension 40 and above. All our
experiments are done on a 64-bit MacBook Pro with i7 CPU and single thread C
codes. It should be noted that the reported results should be appliable to 64
or larger bits CPU architectures. For 32 or smaller bits CPUs, these results
may not be applicable. The source code and library for the algorithms covered
in this paper are available at http://quantumca.org/
Reed-Solomon list decoding from a system-theoretic perspective
In this paper, the Sudan-Guruswami approach to list decoding of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes is cast in a system-theoretic framework. With the data, a set of trajectories or time series is associated which is then modeled as a so-called behavior. In this way, a connection is made with the behavioral approach to system theory. It is shown how a polynomial representation of the modeling behavior gives rise to the bivariate interpolating polynomials of the Sudan-Guruswami approach. The concept of "weighted row reduced" is introduced and used to achieve minimality. Two decoding methods are derived and a parametrization of all bivariate interpolating polynomials is given
Complexity Analysis of Reed-Solomon Decoding over GF(2^m) Without Using Syndromes
For the majority of the applications of Reed-Solomon (RS) codes, hard
decision decoding is based on syndromes. Recently, there has been renewed
interest in decoding RS codes without using syndromes. In this paper, we
investigate the complexity of syndromeless decoding for RS codes, and compare
it to that of syndrome-based decoding. Aiming to provide guidelines to
practical applications, our complexity analysis differs in several aspects from
existing asymptotic complexity analysis, which is typically based on
multiplicative fast Fourier transform (FFT) techniques and is usually in big O
notation. First, we focus on RS codes over characteristic-2 fields, over which
some multiplicative FFT techniques are not applicable. Secondly, due to
moderate block lengths of RS codes in practice, our analysis is complete since
all terms in the complexities are accounted for. Finally, in addition to fast
implementation using additive FFT techniques, we also consider direct
implementation, which is still relevant for RS codes with moderate lengths.
Comparing the complexities of both syndromeless and syndrome-based decoding
algorithms based on direct and fast implementations, we show that syndromeless
decoding algorithms have higher complexities than syndrome-based ones for high
rate RS codes regardless of the implementation. Both errors-only and
errors-and-erasures decoding are considered in this paper. We also derive
tighter bounds on the complexities of fast polynomial multiplications based on
Cantor's approach and the fast extended Euclidean algorithm.Comment: 11 pages, submitted to EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and
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A Rank-Metric Approach to Error Control in Random Network Coding
The problem of error control in random linear network coding is addressed
from a matrix perspective that is closely related to the subspace perspective
of K\"otter and Kschischang. A large class of constant-dimension subspace codes
is investigated. It is shown that codes in this class can be easily constructed
from rank-metric codes, while preserving their distance properties. Moreover,
it is shown that minimum distance decoding of such subspace codes can be
reformulated as a generalized decoding problem for rank-metric codes where
partial information about the error is available. This partial information may
be in the form of erasures (knowledge of an error location but not its value)
and deviations (knowledge of an error value but not its location). Taking
erasures and deviations into account (when they occur) strictly increases the
error correction capability of a code: if erasures and
deviations occur, then errors of rank can always be corrected provided that
, where is the minimum rank distance of the
code. For Gabidulin codes, an important family of maximum rank distance codes,
an efficient decoding algorithm is proposed that can properly exploit erasures
and deviations. In a network coding application where packets of length
over are transmitted, the complexity of the decoding algorithm is given
by operations in an extension field .Comment: Minor corrections; 42 pages, to be published at the IEEE Transactions
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