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Linear codes with a few weights are an important class of codes in coding theory and have attracted a lot of attention. In this paper, we present several constructions of $q$-ary linear codes with two or three weights from vectorial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Jiaxin Wang , Zexia Shi , Yadi Wei , Fang-Wei Fu

The structure of a linear block code is pivotal in defining fundamental properties, particularly weight distribution, and code design. In this study, we characterize the Type II structure of polar codewords with weights less than twice the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-21 Mohammad Rowshan , Vlad-Florin Drăgoi , Jinhong Yuan

Recently, linear codes constructed by defining sets have attracted a lot of study, and many optimal linear codes with a few weights have been produced. The objective of this paper is to present a class of binary linear codes with three…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-22 Yang Yan , Fei Li , Qiuyan Wang

Minimal linear codes have interesting applications in secret sharing schemes and secure two-party computation. This paper uses characteristic functions of some subsets of $\mathbb{F}_q$ to construct minimal linear codes. By properties of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Sihem Mesnager , Yanfeng Qi , Hongming Ru , Chunming Tang

Minimal codewords have applications in decoding linear codes and in cryptography. We study the maximum number of minimal codewords in binary linear codes of a given length and dimension. Improved lower and upper bounds on the maximum number…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-22 Romar dela Cruz , Sascha Kurz

A linear code of length $n$ over a finite chain ring $R$ with residue field $\F_q$ is a $R$-submodule of $R^n$. A $R$-linear code is a code over $\F_q$ (not necessarily linear) which is the generalized Gray map image of a linear code over…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Cristina Fernández-Córdoba , Sergi Sánchez-Aragón , Mercè Villanueva

In this article, We introduce a condition that is both necessary and sufficient for a linear code to achieve minimality when analyzed over the rings $\mathbb{Z}_{n}$.The fundamental inquiry in minimal linear codes is the existence of a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-24 Biplab Chatterjee , Ratnesh Kumar Mishra

Three classes of binary linear codes with at most four nonzero weights were constructed in this paper, in which two of them are projective three-weight codes. As applications, $s$-sum sets for any odd $ s > 1$ were constructed.

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Tonghui Zhang , Pinhui Ke , Zuling Chang

The main result here is a characterisation of binary $2$-neighbour-transitive codes with minimum distance at least $5$ via their minimal subcodes, which are found to be generated by certain designs. The motivation for studying this class of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-07-27 Daniel R. Hawtin , Cheryl E. Praeger

Linear codes with few weights have many applications in secret sharing schemes, authentication codes, communication and strongly regular graphs. In this paper, we consider linear codes with three weights in arbitrary characteristic. To do…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-27 Sihem Mesnager , Ferruh Özbudak , Ahmet Sınak

Linear codes are the most important family of codes in cryptography and coding theory. Some codes have only a few weights and are widely used in many areas, such as authentication codes, secret sharing schemes and strongly regular graphs.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Shudi Yang , Tonghui Zhang , Zheng-An Yao

Linear codes with a few weights have been widely investigated in recent years. In this paper, we mainly use Gauss sums to represent the Hamming weights of a class of $q$-ary linear codes under some certain conditions, where $q$ is a power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Ziling Heng , Qin Yue

Binary matrix codes with restricted row and column weights are a desirable method of coded modulation for power line communication. In this work, we construct such matrix codes that are obtained as products of affine codes - cosets of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-12 Yeow Meng Chee , Han Mao Kiah , Punarbasu Purkayastha , Patrick Solé

We consider a class of linear codes associated to projective algebraic varieties defined by the vanishing of minors of a fixed size of a generic matrix. It is seen that the resulting code has only a small number of distinct weights. The…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Peter Beelen , Sudhir R. Ghorpade , Sartaj Ul Hasan

Linear codes with few weights have applications in authentication codes, secrete sharing schemes, association schemes, consumer electronics and data storage system. In this paper, several classes of linear codes with two or three weights…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Guangkui Xu , Xiwang Cao

Generalized pair weights of linear codes are generalizations of minimum symbol-pair weights, which were introduced by Liu and Pan \cite{LP} recently. Generalized pair weights can be used to characterize the ability of protecting information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Hongwei Liu , Xu Pan

In order to understand the performance of a code under maximum-likelihood (ML) decoding, it is crucial to know the minimal codewords. In the context of linear programming (LP) decoding, it turns out to be necessary to know the minimal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Pascal O. Vontobel , Roxana Smarandache , Negar Kiyavash , Jason Teutsch , Dejan Vukobratovic

In this paper, we construct a large family of projective linear codes over ${\mathbb F}_{q}$ from the general simplicial complexes of ${\mathbb F}_{q}^m$ via the defining-set construction, which generalizes the results of [IEEE Trans. Inf.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Zhao Hu , Yunge Xu , Nian Li , Xiangyong Zeng , Lisha Wang , Xiaohu Tang

Few-weight codes have been constructed and studied for many years, since their fascinating relations to finite geometries, strongly regular graphs and Boolean functions. Simplex codes are one-weight Griesmer $[\frac{q^k-1}{q-1},k…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Xu Pan , Hao Chen , Hongwei Liu , Shengwei Liu

Studying the generalized Hamming weights of linear codes is a significant research area within coding theory, as it provides valuable structural information about the codes and plays a crucial role in determining their performance in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-31 Wei Lu , Qingyao Wang , Xiaoqiang Wang , Dabin Zheng