Algebraic Decoding of Folded Gabidulin Codes

Folded Gabidulin codes were proposed by Mahdavifar and Vardy in 2012. Beside the code construction an interpolation-based decoding scheme that can correct rank errors beyond the unique decoding radius for low code rates was presented.<br/> In this talk we present an efficient interpolation-based decoding algorithm for folded Gabidulin codes that can correct rank errors beyond half the minimum rank distance for any code rate 0 ? R ? 1. The algorithm serves as a list decoder or as a probabilistic unique decoder and improves upon existing schemes, especially for high code rates. A probabilistic unique decoder with adjustable decoding radius is presented that outputs a unique solution with high probability. An upper bound on the average list size of folded Gabidulin codes and on the decoding failure probability of the decoder is presented.<br/> We show how to modify the decoding algorithm by Mahdavifahr and Vardy to use it as a probabilistic unique decoder for low-rate codes.