Properties and Constructions of Constrained Codes for DNA-Based Data Storage

• Main Authors: Kees A. Schouhamer Immink, Kui Cai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
• Series: IEEE Access
• Subjects: Constrained coding; maximum runlength; balanced words; storage systems; DNA-based storage
• Online Access: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9032172/

We describe properties and constructions of constraint-based codes for DNA-based data storage which account for the maximum repetition length and AT/GC balance. Generating functions and approximations are presented for computing the number of sequences with maximum repetition length and AT/GC balance constraint. We describe routines for translating binary runlength limited and/or balanced strings into DNA strands, and compute the efficiency of such routines. Expressions for the redundancy of codes that account for both the maximum repetition length and AT/GC balance are derived.