Function-Correcting Codes for Symbol-Pair Read Channels

Author:

Qingfeng Xia, Hongwei Liu, Bocong Chen

Keyword:

Computer Science, Information Theory, Information Theory (cs.IT)

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date:

2023-12-26 00:00:00

Abstract

Function-correcting codes are a class of codes designed to protect the function evaluation of a message against errors whose key advantage is the reduced redundancy. In this paper, we extend function-correcting codes from binary symmetric channels to symbol-pair read channels. We introduce irregular-pair-distance codes and connect them with function-correcting symbol-pair codes. Using the connection, we derive general upper and lower bounds on the optimal redundancy of function-correcting symbol-pair codes. For ease of evaluation, we simplify these bounds and employ the simplified bounds to specific functions including pair-locally binary functions, pair weight functions and pair weight distribution functions.

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