Covering Sets for Limited-Magnitude Errors

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Abstract: For a set cM=mu,mu+1,ldots,lambdasetminus0 with non-negative integers lambda,mu<q not both 0, a subset cS of the residue class ring modulo an integer qge1 is called a (lambda,mu;q)-emph{covering set} if cM cS={ms �mod q : min cM, sin cS}=�_q. Small covering sets play an important role in codes correcting limited-magnitude errors. We give an explicit construction of a (lambda,mu;q)-covering set cS which is of the size q1+o(1)maxlambda,mu1/2 for almost all integers qge1 and of optimal size pmaxlambda,mu1 if q=p is prime. Furthermore, using a bound on the fourth moment of character sums of Cochrane and Shi we prove the bound omega_{lambda,mu}(q)le q^{1+o(1)}max{lambda,mu}^{-1/2}, for any integer qge1, however the proof of this bound is not constructive.










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