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.      

常重复合码的构造和界

摘要给出了一种Chebyshev距离下的常重复合码的构造,并在其基础上讨论了它的译码算法和优化处理.考虑了Chebyshev距离下的界及其改进.研究了具有Chebyshev距离和Hamming距离的常重复合码的构造,给出了Hamming距离为4的常重复合码的一个结论.     

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.     

A new combinatorial approach to the construction of constant composition codes

Constant composition codes(CCCs)are a new generalization of binary constant weight codes and have attracted recent interest due to their numerous applications. In this paper, a new combinatorial approach to the construction of CCCs is proposed, and used to establish new optimal CCCs.     

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.

     

Optimal doubly constant weight codes

A doubly constant weight code is a binary code of length n₁ + n₂, with constant weight w₁ + w₂, such that the weight of a codeword in the first n₁ coordinates is w₁. Such codes have applications in obtaining bounds on the sizes of constant weight codes with given minimum distance. Lower and upper bounds on the sizes of such codes are derived. In particular, we show tight connections between optimal codes and some known designs such as Howell designs, Kirkman squares, orthogonal arrays, Steiner systems, and large sets of Steiner systems. These optimal codes are natural generalization of Steiner systems and they are also called doubly Steiner systems. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Combin Designs 16: 137–151, 2008     

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.     

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.      

On coloured constant composition designs

This paper deals with a particular class of coloured designs: the incidence vectors of all blocks of these designs have the same composition, and the same is true for the incidence vectors of all points. For this reason, we call these designs constant composition designs, or CC-designs for short. We will derive necessary and sufficient conditions on the existence and conclude the presentation with a collection of examples.     

Bounds in the Lee metric and optimal codes

In this paper we investigate known Singleton-like bounds in the Lee metric and characterize their extremal codes, which turn out to be very few. We then focus on Plotkin-like bounds in the Lee metric and present a new bound that extends and refines a previously known, and out-performs it in the case of non-free codes. We then compute the density of extremal codes with regard to the new bound. Finally we fill a gap in the characterization of Lee-equidistant codes.     

常维码的一个构造性下界

推广了Etzion和Vardy关于常维码的结论（Etzion T,Vardy A.Error-correcting codes in projective space.IEEE Transactions on Information Theory,2011,57（2）：1165-1173）,给出了一般情况下常维码的一个构造性下界.     

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.      

On the weight distribution of random binary linear codes

We investigate the weight distribution of random binary linear codes. For 0 < λ < 1 and n→∞ pick uniformly at random λn vectors in and let be the orthogonal complement of their span. Given 0 < γ < 1/2 with 0 < λ < h(γ) let X be the random variable that counts the number of words in C of Hamming weight γn. In this paper we determine the asymptotics of the moments of X of all orders .     

Error-correcting codes from permutation groups

We replace the usual setting for error-correcting codes (i.e. vector spaces over finite fields) with that of permutation groups. We give an algorithm which uses a combinatorial structure which we call an uncovering-by-bases, related to covering designs, and construct some examples of these. We also analyse the complexity of the algorithm.We then formulate a conjecture about uncoverings-by-bases, for which we give some supporting evidence and prove for some special cases. In particular, we consider the case of the symmetric group in its action on 2-subsets, where we make use of the theory of graph decompositions. Finally, we discuss the implications this conjecture has for the complexity of the decoding algorithm.     

On the minimum average distance of binary constant weight codes

Let β(n,M,w) denote the minimum average Hamming distance of a binary constant weight code with length n, size M and weight w. In this paper, we study the problem of determining β(n,M,w). Using the methods from coding theory and linear programming, we derive several lower bounds on the average Hamming distance of a binary constant weight code. These lower bounds enable us to determine the exact value for β(n,M,w) in several cases.     

On self-orthogonal group ring codes

We obtain structural results about group ring codes over F[G], where F is a finite field of characteristic p > 0 and the Sylow p-subgroup of the Abelian group G is cyclic. As a special case, we characterize cyclic codes over finite fields in the case the length of the code is divisible by the characteristic of the field. By the same approach we study cyclic codes of length m over the ring R = F _q [u], u ^r  = 0 with r  > 0, gcd(m, q) = 1. Finally, we give a construction of quasi-cyclic codes over finite fields.      

On kernels of perfect codes

It is shown that there exists a perfect one-error-correcting binary code with a kernel which is not contained in any Hamming code.     

On non-antipodal binary completely regular codes

Binary non-antipodal completely regular codes are characterized. Using a result on nonexistence of nontrivial binary perfect codes, it is concluded that there are no unknown nontrivial non-antipodal completely regular binary codes with minimum distance d?3. The only such codes are halves and punctured halves of known binary perfect codes. Thus, new such codes with covering radius ρ=6 and 7 are obtained. In particular, a half of the binary Golay [23,12,7]-code is a new binary completely regular code with minimum distance d=8 and covering radius ρ=7. The punctured half of the Golay code is a new completely regular code with minimum distance d=7 and covering radius ρ=6. The new code with d=8 disproves the known conjecture of Neumaier, that the extended binary Golay [24,12,8]-code is the only binary completely regular code with d?8. Halves of binary perfect codes with Hamming parameters also provide an infinite family of binary completely regular codes with d=4 and ρ=3. Puncturing of these codes also provide an infinite family of binary completely regular codes with d=3 and ρ=2. Both these families of codes are well known, since they are uniformly packed in the narrow sense, or extended such codes. Some of these completely regular codes are new completely transitive codes.