An upper bound on the weight distribution of some systematic codes (Corresp.)
Author :
Piret, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Canon Research Centre France, Cesson-Sévigné, France
Volume :
31
Issue :
4
fYear :
1985
fDate :
7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
520
Lastpage :
521
Abstract :
For a class of binary systematic codes of length and cardinality , including the class of linear binary cyclic codes, it is shown that the number of codewords of weight cannot be much larger than .
Keywords :
Coding/decoding; Binary codes; Linear code; Upper bound;