# Private Read Update Write (PRUW) with Storage Constrained Databases

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.03400 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.03400/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 7 Feb 2022.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Private Federated Submodel Learning with Sparsification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.15992/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We investigate the problem of private read update write (PRUW) in relation to federated submodel learning (FSL) with storage constrained databases. In PRUW, a user privately reads a submodel from a system of N databases containing M submodels, updates it locally, and writes the update back to the databases without revealing the submodel index or the value of the update. The databases considered in this problem are only allowed to store a given amount of information specified by an arbitrary storage constraint. We provide a storage mechanism that determines the contents of each database prior to the application of the PRUW scheme, such that the total communication cost is minimized. We show that the proposed storage scheme achieves a lower total cost compared to what is achieved by using coded storage or divided storage to meet the given storage constraint.