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In coding theory, the Singleton bound, named after Richard Collom Singleton, is a relatively crude upper bound on the size of an arbitrary block code with block length , size and minimum distance . It is also known as the Joshibound [ 1 ] proved by Joshi (1958) and even earlier by Komamiya (1953) .
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The Singleton bound is that the sum of the rate and the relative distance of a block code cannot be much larger than 1: R + δ ≤ 1 + 1 n {\displaystyle R+\delta \leq 1+{\frac {1}{n}}} . In other words, every block code satisfies the inequality k + d ≤ n + 1 {\displaystyle k+d\leq n+1} .
The Singleton bound states that the minimum distance d of a linear block code of size (n,k) is upper-bounded by n − k + 1. The distance d was usually understood to limit the error-correction capability to ⌊(d−1) / 2⌋. The Reed–Solomon code achieves this bound with equality, and can thus correct up to ⌊(n−k) / 2⌋ errors. However ...
Lemma (Singleton bound): Every linear [n,k,d] code C satisfies + +. A code C whose parameters satisfy k +d = n + 1 is called maximum distance separable or MDS. Such codes, when they exist, are in some sense best possible.
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Folded Reed–Solomon codes and the singleton bound [ edit ] According to the asymptotic version of the singleton bound , it is known that the relative distance δ {\displaystyle \delta } , of a code must satisfy R ⩽ 1 − δ + o ( 1 ) {\displaystyle R\leqslant 1-\delta +o(1)} where R {\displaystyle R} is the rate of the code.
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