Title :
On the extended error-correcting capabilities of the quaternary Preparata codes
Author :
Greferath, Marcus ; Vellbinger, Ute
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ, USA
fDate :
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We prove extended error-correcting capabilities of the quaternary Preparata codes. These are metrically reflected by a slight and simple modification of the Lee distance on Z4: we change the weight of the element 2 to 4/3 and leave all remaining weights untouched
Keywords :
decoding; error correction codes; linear codes; Lee distance; Preparata codes; decoding scheme; extended error-correcting capabilities; quaternary codes; weight functions; Error correction codes; Explosives; Hamming distance; History; Linear code; Mathematics;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
