On codes decoding a constant fraction of errors on the BSC

Jan Hązła, Alex Samorodnitsky, Ori Sberlo

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    Abstract

    We strengthen the results from a recent work by the second author, achieving bounds on the weight distribution of binary linear codes that are successful under block-MAP (as well as bit-MAP) decoding on the BEC. We conclude that a linear code that is successful on the BEC can also decode over a range of binary memoryless symmetric (BMS) channels. In particular, applying the result of Kudekar, Kumar, Mondelli, Pfister, ?a?o?lu and Urbanke from STOC 2016, we prove that a Reed-Muller code of positive rate R decodes errors on the p with high probability if p < 1/2 - ?2-R(1-2-R).

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSTOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing
    EditorsSamir Khuller, Virginia Vassilevska Williams
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    Pages1479-1488
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450380539
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 15 Jun 2021
    Event53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2021 - Virtual, Online, Italy
    Duration: 21 Jun 202125 Jun 2021

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing
    ISSN (Print)0737-8017

    Conference

    Conference53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2021
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityVirtual, Online
    Period21/06/2125/06/21

    Keywords

    • Reed - Muller codes
    • capacity-achieving codes
    • weight enumerator

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