Two classes of ternary codes and their weight distributions Original Research Article

In this paper, we describe two classes of ternary codes, determine their minimum weight and weight distribution, and prove their properties. We also present four classes of 1-designs that are based on the classes of ternary codes. One class of codes described here improves the existing class of ternary codes described by Ding et al. (IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 46 (2000)).