Random matrices and codes for the erasure channel

Algorithmica (New York)

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 605-620

  Studholme, Chris ^a   Blake, Ian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipartite graphs; Erasure codes; Random matrices

Indexed keywords

BIPARTITE GRAPHS; CODED SYMBOLS; DECODING ALGORITHM; DECODING COMPLEXITY; ERASURE CHANNELS; ERASURE CODES; ERASURE CORRECTING CODES; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FINITE FIELDS; HIGH PROBABILITY; INFORMATION SYMBOL; INITIAL STARTING POSITION; MATHEMATICAL PROOF; MATRIX RANK; NUMBER OF DATUM; PARITY CHECK MATRICES; RANDOM CODES; RANDOM MATRICES; RANDOM MATRIX; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

DECODING; GRAPH THEORY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

EID: 74849107685     PISSN: 01784617     EISSN: 14320541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00453-008-9192-0     Document Type: Article

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