List-Decoding Reed-Muller Codes Over Small Fields
| COMPUTER SCIENCE/DISCRETE MATH I | |
| Topic: | List-Decoding Reed-Muller Codes Over Small Fields |
| Speaker: | David Zuckerman |
| Affiliation: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Date: | Monday, October 6 |
| Time/Room: | 11:15am - 12:15pm/S-101 |
We present the first local list-decoding algorithm for the r-th order Reed-Muller code RM(r,m) over F_2 for r>1 . Given an oracle for a received word R: F_2^m to F_2 , our randomized local list-decoding algorithm produces a list containing all degree r polynomials within relative distance 2^{-r} - eps from R for any eps > 0 in time poly(m^r,eps^{-r}). The list size could be exponential in m at radius 2^{-r}, so our bound is optimal in the local setting. Since RM(r,m) has relative distance
2^{-r}, our algorithm beats the Johnson bound for r>1 .
In the setting where we are allowed running-time polynomial in the block-length, we show that list-decoding is possible up to even larger radii, beyond the minimum distance. We give a deterministic list-decoder that works at error rate below J(2^{1-r}), where J(d) denotes the Johnson radius for minimum distance d. This shows that RM(2,m) codes are list-decodable up to radius s for any constant s < 1/2 in time polynomial in the block-length.
Over small fields F_q , we present list-decoding algorithms in both the global and local settings that work up to the list-decoding radius. We conjecture that the list-decoding radius approaches the minimum distance (like over F_2), and prove this when the degree is divisible by q-1.