473 research outputs found
Relative Generalized Rank Weight of Linear Codes and Its Applications to Network Coding
By extending the notion of minimum rank distance, this paper introduces two
new relative code parameters of a linear code C_1 of length n over a field
extension and its subcode C_2. One is called the relative
dimension/intersection profile (RDIP), and the other is called the relative
generalized rank weight (RGRW). We clarify their basic properties and the
relation between the RGRW and the minimum rank distance. As applications of the
RDIP and the RGRW, the security performance and the error correction capability
of secure network coding, guaranteed independently of the underlying network
code, are analyzed and clarified. We propose a construction of secure network
coding scheme, and analyze its security performance and error correction
capability as an example of applications of the RDIP and the RGRW. Silva and
Kschischang showed the existence of a secure network coding in which no part of
the secret message is revealed to the adversary even if any dim C_1-1 links are
wiretapped, which is guaranteed over any underlying network code. However, the
explicit construction of such a scheme remained an open problem. Our new
construction is just one instance of secure network coding that solves this
open problem.Comment: IEEEtran.cls, 25 pages, no figure, accepted for publication in IEEE
Transactions on Information Theor
Universal Secure Multiplex Network Coding with Dependent and Non-Uniform Messages
We consider the random linear precoder at the source node as a secure network
coding. We prove that it is strongly secure in the sense of Harada and Yamamoto
and universal secure in the sense of Silva and Kschischang, while allowing
arbitrary small but nonzero mutual information to the eavesdropper. Our
security proof allows statistically dependent and non-uniform multiple secret
messages, while all previous constructions of weakly or strongly secure network
coding assumed independent and uniform messages, which are difficult to be
ensured in practice.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, IEEEtrans.cls. Online published in IEEE Trans.
Inform. Theor
On secure network coding with uniform wiretap sets
This paper shows determining the secrecy capacity of a unicast network with
uniform wiretap sets is at least as difficult as the k-unicast problem. In
particular, we show that a general k-unicast problem can be reduced to the
problem of finding the secrecy capacity of a corresponding single unicast
network with uniform link capacities and one arbitrary wiretap link
New Parameters of Linear Codes Expressing Security Performance of Universal Secure Network Coding
The universal secure network coding presented by Silva et al. realizes secure
and reliable transmission of a secret message over any underlying network code,
by using maximum rank distance codes. Inspired by their result, this paper
considers the secure network coding based on arbitrary linear codes, and
investigates its security performance and error correction capability that are
guaranteed independently of the underlying network code. The security
performance and error correction capability are said to be universal when they
are independent of underlying network codes. This paper introduces new code
parameters, the relative dimension/intersection profile (RDIP) and the relative
generalized rank weight (RGRW) of linear codes. We reveal that the universal
security performance and universal error correction capability of secure
network coding are expressed in terms of the RDIP and RGRW of linear codes. The
security and error correction of existing schemes are also analyzed as
applications of the RDIP and RGRW.Comment: IEEEtran.cls, 8 pages, no figure. To appear in Proc. 50th Annual
Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton 2012).
Version 2 added an exact expression of the universal error correction
capability in terms of the relative generalized rank weigh
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