A class of optimal constant composition codes from GDRPs

As a common generalization of constant weight binary codes and permutation codes, constant composition codes (CCCs) have attracted recent interest due to their numerous applications. In this paper, a class of new CCCs are constructed using design-theoretic techniques. The obtained codes are optimal in the sense of their sizes. This result is established, for the most part, by means of a result on generalized doubly resolvable packings which is of combinatorial interest in its own right.      

Johnson type bounds on constant dimension codes

Very recently, an operator channel was defined by Koetter and Kschischang when they studied random network coding. They also introduced constant dimension codes and demonstrated that these codes can be employed to correct errors and/or erasures over the operator channel. Constant dimension codes are equivalent to the so-called linear authentication codes introduced by Wang, Xing and Safavi-Naini when constructing distributed authentication systems in 2003. In this paper, we study constant dimension codes. It is shown that Steiner structures are optimal constant dimension codes achieving the Wang-Xing-Safavi-Naini bound. Furthermore, we show that constant dimension codes achieve the Wang-Xing-Safavi-Naini bound if and only if they are certain Steiner structures. Then, we derive two Johnson type upper bounds, say I and II, on constant dimension codes. The Johnson type bound II slightly improves on the Wang-Xing-Safavi-Naini bound. Finally, we point out that a family of known Steiner structures is actually a family of optimal constant dimension codes achieving both the Johnson type bounds I and II.      

Construction of optimal ternary constant weight codes via Bhaskar Rao designs

In this note, we consider a construction for optimal ternary constant weight codes (CWCs) via Bhaskar Rao designs (BRDs). The known existence results for BRDs are employed to generate many new optimal nonlinear ternary CWCs with constant weight 4 and minimum Hamming distance 5.     

Constructions of optimal GDRP’s of type

Generalized doubly resolvable packings (GDRPs) represent a combinatorial characterization of constant composition codes (CCCs). In this paper, we develop a number of general constructions of GDRPs of type λ¹μ^m−1. As a consequence, a new series of optimal CCCs is obtained.     

On constant composition codes

A constant composition code over a k-ary alphabet has the property that the numbers of occurrences of the k symbols within a codeword is the same for each codeword. These specialize to constant weight codes in the binary case, and permutation codes in the case that each symbol occurs exactly once. Constant composition codes arise in powerline communication and balanced scheduling, and are used in the construction of permutation codes. In this paper, direct and recursive methods are developed for the construction of constant composition codes.     

Binary permutation sequences as subsets of Levenshtein codes,spectral null codes,run-length limited codes and constant weight codes

We investigate binary sequences which can be obtained by concatenating the columns of (0,1)-matrices derived from permutation sequences. We then prove that these binary sequences are subsets of a surprisingly diverse ensemble of codes, namely the Levenshtein codes, capable of correcting insertion/deletion errors; spectral null codes, with spectral nulls at certain frequencies; as well as being subsets of run-length limited codes, Nyquist null codes and constant weight codes. This paper was presented in part at the IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Chengdu, China, October, 2006.     

The structure of linear codes of constant weight

In this paper we determine completely the structure of linear codes over of constant weight. Namely, we determine exactly which modules underlie linear codes of constant weight, and we describe the coordinate functionals involved. The weight functions considered are: Hamming weight, Lee weight, two forms of Euclidean weight, and pre-homogeneous weights. We prove a general uniqueness theorem for virtual linear codes of constant weight. Existence is settled on a case by case basis.

     

A q-polynomial approach to constacyclic codes

As a generalization of cyclic codes, constacyclic codes is an important and interesting class of codes due to their nice algebraic structures and various applications in engineering. This paper is devoted to the study of the q-polynomial approach to constacyclic codes. Fundamental theory of this approach will be developed, and will be employed to construct some families of optimal and almost optimal codes in this paper.     

一类新的广义零差分平衡函数及其应用

2008-2009年,丁存生在构造最佳常组合码与优化及完善差分系统中首次引入了零差分平衡(简称ZDB)函数的概念,据此学者们构造出了最佳组成权重码和最优跳频序列.作者将零差分平衡函数的定义推广到一般的广义零差分平衡函数,并利用2分圆陪集构造了一类广义零差分平衡函数,由此构造出一类新的常组合码和差分系统.     

一个二元叠加码M_q(t,k,d)生成的二元等重码

研究了二元叠加码Mq(t,k,d)也是一个二元等重码,给出了它成为最佳等重码的条件,研究了它的检错性.     

Undetected error probability of q-ary constant weight codes

In this paper, we introduce a new combinatorial invariant called q-binomial moment for q-ary constant weight codes. We derive a lower bound on the q-binomial moments and introduce a new combinatorial structure called generalized (s, t)-designs which could achieve the lower bounds. Moreover, we employ the q-binomial moments to study the undetected error probability of q-ary constant weight codes. A lower bound on the undetected error probability for q-ary constant weight codes is obtained. This lower bound extends and unifies the related results of Abdel-Ghaffar for q-ary codes and Xia-Fu-Ling for binary constant weight codes. Finally, some q-ary constant weight codes which achieve the lower bounds are found.      

Some New Results on Optimal Codes Over F5

We present some results on almost maximum distance separable (AMDS) codes and Griesmer codes of dimension 4 over over the field of order 5. We prove that no AMDS code of length 13 and minimum distance 5 exists, and we give a classification of some AMDS codes. Moreover, we classify the projective strongly optimal Griesmer codes over F₅ of dimension 4 for some values of the minimum distance.     

A generalization of quasi-twisted codes: Multi-twisted codes

Cyclic codes and their various generalizations, such as quasi-twisted (QT) codes, have a special place in algebraic coding theory. Among other things, many of the best-known or optimal codes have been obtained from these classes. In this work we introduce a new generalization of QT codes that we call multi-twisted (MT) codes and study some of their basic properties. Presenting several methods of constructing codes in this class and obtaining bounds on the minimum distances, we show that there exist codes with good parameters in this class that cannot be obtained as QT or constacyclic codes. This suggests that considering this larger class in computer searches is promising for constructing codes with better parameters than currently best-known linear codes. Working with this new class of codes motivated us to consider a problem about binomials over finite fields and to discover a result that is interesting in its own right.     

Cyclically permutable representations of cyclic codes

Cyclically permutable codes have been studied for several applications involving synchronization, code-division multiple-access (CDMA) radio systems and optical CDMA. The usual emphasis is on finding constant weight cyclically permutable codes with the maximum number of codewords. In this paper the question of when a particular error-correcting code is equivalent (by permutation of the symbols) to a cyclically permutable code is addressed. The problem is introduced for simplex codes and a motivating example is given. In the final section it is shown that the construction technique may be applied in general to cyclic codes.     

Several kinds of large cyclic subspace codes via Sidon spaces

Subspace codes have attracted much attention in recent years due to their applications to error correction in random network coding. In this paper, we construct several kinds of large cyclic subspace codes via Sidon spaces and large subspace codes via unions of some Sidon spaces. Therefore, some known results are extended.     

有限域上一类等维码的下界

等维码凭借其在随机线性网络编码中的良好的差错控制得到广泛研究,对于给定维数和最小距离的等维码所含码字的最大个数目前还没有一般性结果.Tuvi Etzion和Alexander Vardy给出了一定等维码所含码字最大个数的上界和下界,首先利用对偶空间构造等维码C(n,M,2k,k),达到了此类码所含码字的下界,然后具体构造了最优等维码C(7,41,4,2).     

Linear transformations on codes

This paper studies and classifies linear transformations that connect Hamming distances of codes. These include irreducible linear transformations and their concatenations. Their effect on the Hamming weights of codewords is investigated. Both linear and non-linear codes over fields are considered. We construct optimal linear codes and a family of pure binary quantum codes using these transformations.     

Self-Complementary Balanced Codes and Quasi-Symmetric Designs

An upper bound for self-complementary balanced codes is presented in this paper. We give a characterization for self-complementary balanced codes meeting this upper bound. We show that the existence of certain quasi-symmetric designs implies the existence of such optimal self-complementary balanced codes.     

Constructions of optimal LCD codes over large finite fields

In this paper¹, we prove existence of optimal complementary dual codes (LCD codes) over large finite fields. We also give methods to generate orthogonal matrices over finite fields and then apply them to construct LCD codes. Construction methods include random sampling in the orthogonal group, code extension, matrix product codes and projection over a self-dual basis.     

T-shift synchronization codes

In this paper we give a construction of T-shift synchronization codes, i.e. block codes capable of correcting synchronization shifts of length at most T in either direction (left or right). We prove lower and upper bounds on the maximal cardinality of such codes. An infinite number of the constructed codes turn out to be asymptotically optimal.