Title :
On Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds for Z(2k)-linear codes
Author :
Hove, Bo ; Thommesen, Christian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. Sci., Aalborg Univ., Denmark
Abstract :
By considering Z(2k)-linear codes as concatenated codes a Gilbert-Varshamov type bound for these codes is obtained
Keywords :
concatenated codes; linear codes; Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds; Gray map; concatenated codes; inner code; linear codes; outer codes; Concatenated codes; Encoding; Equations; Hamming weight; Linear code; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7123-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2001.935973