Title :
On generalized Hamming weights of BCH codes
Author :
Van der Geer, Gerard ; Van Der Vlugt, Marcel
Author_Institution :
Faculteit Wiskunde en Inf., Amsterdam Univ., Netherlands
fDate :
3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Introduces methods from algebraic geometry to determine generalized Hamming weights of BCH codes. As an application of these methods the authors determine for primitive 2- (resp., 3-) error correcting BCH codes the third (resp., the second) generalized Hamming weight
Keywords :
BCH codes; error correction codes; BCH codes; algebraic geometry; error correcting BCH codes; generalized Hamming weights; Elliptic curves; Error correction codes; Galois fields; Geometry; Hamming weight; Information theory; Parity check codes; TV; Tellurium;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
