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We give an upper bound that relates the minimum weight of a nonzero componentwise product of codewords from some given number of linear codes, with the dimensions of these codes. Its shape is a direct generalization of the classical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Hugues Randriambololona

The study of the generalized Hamming weight of linear codes is a significant research topic in coding theory as it conveys the structural information of the codes and determines their performance in various applications. However,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Chao Liu , Dabin Zheng , Wei Lu , Xiaoqiang Wang

Sum-rank-metric codes have wide applications in universal error correction, multishot network coding, space-time coding and the construction of partial-MDS codes for repair in distributed storage. Fundamental properties of sum-rank-metric…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Hao Chen

A constant weight binary code consists of $n$-bit binary codewords, each with exactly $w$ bits equal to 1, such that any two codewords are at least Hamming distance $d$ apart. $A(n,d,w)$ is the maximum size of a constant weight binary code…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Christopher D. Rosin

A linear code over $\mathbb{F}_q$ with the Hamming metric is called $\Delta$-divisible if the weights of all codewords are divisible by $\Delta$. They have been introduced by Harold Ward a few decades ago. Applications include subspace…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Sascha Kurz

The maximum size of a binary code is studied as a function of its length N, minimum distance D, and minimum codeword weight W. This function B(N,D,W) is first characterized in terms of its exponential growth rate in the limit as N tends to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-21 Christine Bachoc , Venkat Chandar , Gerard Cohen , Patrick Sole , Aslan Tchamkerten

The weight spectrum plays a crucial role in the performance of error-correcting codes. Despite substantial theoretical exploration of polar codes with mother code length, a framework for the weight spectrum of rate-compatible polar codes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Zicheng Ye , Yuan Li , Zhichao Liu , Huazi Zhang , Jun Wang , Guiying Yan , Zhiming Ma

In this paper, based on the theory of defining sets, two classes of at most six-weight linear codes over $\mathbb{F}_p$ are constructed. The weight distributions of the linear codes are determined by means of Gaussian period and Weil sums.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Xina Zhang

A binary code of blocklength $n$ and codebook size $M$ is called an $(n,M)$ code, which is studied for memoryless binary symmetric channels (BSCs) with the maximum likelihood (ML) decoding. For any $n \geq 2$, some optimal codes among the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-06 Yanyan Dong , Shenghao Yang

Linear complementary dual codes (or codes with complementary duals) are codes whose intersections with their dual codes are trivial. We study binary linear complementary dual $[n,k]$ codes with the largest minimum weight among all binary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-20 Masaaki Harada , Ken Saito

The largest minimum weights among quaternary Hermitian linear complementary dual codes are known for dimension $2$. In this paper, we give some conditions for the nonexistence of quaternary Hermitian linear complementary dual codes with…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-11-20 Makoto Araya , Masaaki Harada , Ken Saito

The singleton defect of an $[n,k,d]$ linear code ${\cal C}$ is defined as $s({\cal C})=n-k+1-d$. Codes with $S({\cal C})=0$ are called maximum distance separable (MDS) codes, and codes with $S(\cal C)=S(\cal C ^{\bot})=1$ are called near…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-19 Li Xu , Cuiling Fan , Dongchun Han

In this paper, based on the theory of defining sets, a class of four-weight or five-weight linear codes over Fp is constructed. The complete weight enumerators of the linear codes are determined by means of Weil sums. In some case, there is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-10 Xina Zhang

Minimal codes are a class of linear codes which gained interest in the last years, thanks to their connections to secret sharing schemes. In this paper we provide the weight distribution and the parameters of families of minimal codes…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Daniele Bartoli , Matteo Bonini , Marco Timpanella

In this paper, we completely determine the number of solutions to $ \operatorname{Tr}^{q^2}_q(bx+b)+c=0, x\in \mu_{q+1}\backslash \{-1\}$ for all $b\in \mathbb{F}_{q^2}, c\in\mathbb{F}_{q}$. As an application, we can give the weight…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Wei Lu , Xia Wu

Binary constant weight codes have important applications and have been studied for many years. Optimal or near-optimal binary constant weight codes of small lengths have been determined. In this paper we propose a new construction of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-11 Liqing Xu , Hao Chen

A Gray code is a listing structure for a set of combinatorial objects such that some consistent (usually minimal) change property is maintained throughout adjacent elements in the list. While Gray codes for m-ary strings have been…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-03-10 Victoria Horan , Glenn Hurlbert

One of the most fundamental topics in subspace coding is to explore the maximal possible value ${\bf A}_q(n,d,k)$ of a set of $k$-dimensional subspaces in $\mathbb{F}_q^n$ such that the subspace distance satisfies $\operatorname{d_S}(U,V) =…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Xianmang He , Yindong Chen , Zusheng Zhang , Kunxiao Zhou

Additive codes may have better parameters than linear codes. However, still very few cases are known and the explicit construction of such codes is a challenging problem. Here we show that a Griesmer type bound for the length of additive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Sascha Kurz

Constructions of quantum MDS codes have been studied by many authors. We refer to the table in page 1482 of [3] for known constructions. However there are only few $q$-ary quantum MDS $[[n,n-2d+2,d]]_q$ codes with minimum distances…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-08 Xianmang He , Liqing Xu , Hao Chen