Technical Reports
HPL-2013-33
Hamming-weight constrained coded arrays based on covering codesOrdentlich, Erik; Roth, Ron M.
HP Laboratories
HPL-2013-33
Abstract: We present a framework based on covering codes over the set of binary n-words for coding data into n * n binary arrays with a prescribed upper bound on the Hamming weight (i.e., number of 1's) in each row and column. We obtain previously presented schemes for the case when the upper bound is n=2 as special cases of this framework and we study also another potentially practically relevant specialization when the underlying covering code is the first-order Reed*Muller code. Like the previous schemes for the n=2 case, the proposed framework and schemes may have applications in improving the performance of a next- generation memory based on programmable resistive devices arranged in a crossbar architecture.
5 Pages
External Posting Date: May 21, 2013 [Abstract Only]. Approved for External Publication - External Copyright Consideration
Internal Posting Date: May 21, 2013 [Fulltext]