Constructions of Batch Codes via Finite Geometry

Abstract: A primitive $k$-batch code encodes a string $x$ of length $n$ into string $y$ of length $N$, such that each multiset of $k$ symbols from $x$ has $k$ mutually disjoint recovering sets from $y$. We develop new explicit and random coding constructions of linear primitive batch codes based on finite geometry. In some parameter regimes, our proposed codes have lower redundancy than previously known batch codes.