The Geometry of Codes for Random Access in DNA Storage

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Main Authors: Gruica, Anina, Montanucci, Maria, Zullo, Ferdinando
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author Gruica, Anina
Montanucci, Maria
Zullo, Ferdinando
author_facet Gruica, Anina
Montanucci, Maria
Zullo, Ferdinando
contents Effective and reliable data retrieval is critical for the feasibility of DNA storage, and the development of random access efficiency plays a key role in its practicality and reliability. In this paper, we study the Random Access Problem, which asks to compute the expected number of samples one needs in order to recover an information strand. Unlike previous work, we took a geometric approach to the problem, aiming to understand which geometric structures lead to codes that perform well in terms of reducing the random access expectation (Balanced Quasi-Arcs). As a consequence, two main results are obtained. The first is a construction for $k=3$ that outperforms previous constructions aiming to reduce the random access expectation. The second, exploiting a result from~\cite{gruica2024reducing}, is the proof of a conjecture from~\cite{bar2023cover} for rate $1/2$ codes in any dimension.
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spellingShingle The Geometry of Codes for Random Access in DNA Storage
Gruica, Anina
Montanucci, Maria
Zullo, Ferdinando
Information Theory
Combinatorics
Effective and reliable data retrieval is critical for the feasibility of DNA storage, and the development of random access efficiency plays a key role in its practicality and reliability. In this paper, we study the Random Access Problem, which asks to compute the expected number of samples one needs in order to recover an information strand. Unlike previous work, we took a geometric approach to the problem, aiming to understand which geometric structures lead to codes that perform well in terms of reducing the random access expectation (Balanced Quasi-Arcs). As a consequence, two main results are obtained. The first is a construction for $k=3$ that outperforms previous constructions aiming to reduce the random access expectation. The second, exploiting a result from~\cite{gruica2024reducing}, is the proof of a conjecture from~\cite{bar2023cover} for rate $1/2$ codes in any dimension.
title The Geometry of Codes for Random Access in DNA Storage
topic Information Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08924