Upper Bounds on Multiple $b$-Burst Deletion-Correcting Codes

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Main Authors: Wang, Chen, Kong, Xiangliang, Yaakobi, Eitan, Duman, Tolga M.
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Published: 2026
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author Wang, Chen
Kong, Xiangliang
Yaakobi, Eitan
Duman, Tolga M.
author_facet Wang, Chen
Kong, Xiangliang
Yaakobi, Eitan
Duman, Tolga M.
contents Motivated by their applications in DNA-based storage systems, codes capable of correcting consecutive deletions have attracted significant attention. An important class of such codes consists of those that can correct multiple consecutive deletion errors, commonly referred to as multiple $b$-burst deletion-correcting codes. In this paper, we investigate the fundamental limits of multiple $b$-burst deletion-correcting codes. Specifically, we first characterize several structural properties of the associated deletion balls. Then, leveraging these properties, we derive several upper bounds and a combinatorial lower bound on the maximum size of such codes. As a consequence, our bounds improve upon the previously known results for general parameter regimes and are shown to be asymptotically optimal for certain cases.
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spellingShingle Upper Bounds on Multiple $b$-Burst Deletion-Correcting Codes
Wang, Chen
Kong, Xiangliang
Yaakobi, Eitan
Duman, Tolga M.
Information Theory
Combinatorics
Motivated by their applications in DNA-based storage systems, codes capable of correcting consecutive deletions have attracted significant attention. An important class of such codes consists of those that can correct multiple consecutive deletion errors, commonly referred to as multiple $b$-burst deletion-correcting codes. In this paper, we investigate the fundamental limits of multiple $b$-burst deletion-correcting codes. Specifically, we first characterize several structural properties of the associated deletion balls. Then, leveraging these properties, we derive several upper bounds and a combinatorial lower bound on the maximum size of such codes. As a consequence, our bounds improve upon the previously known results for general parameter regimes and are shown to be asymptotically optimal for certain cases.
title Upper Bounds on Multiple $b$-Burst Deletion-Correcting Codes
topic Information Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.01245