Title :
Upper bounds on generalized distances
Author :
Cohen, Gerard ; Litsyn, Simon ; Zemor, Gilles
Author_Institution :
ENST, Paris, France
fDate :
11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We derive new asymptotic bounds for generalized distances. Our approach extends the classical Hamming, Plotkin, and Elias bounds. The latter bound involves extending the definition of generalized distances to nonlinear codes
Keywords :
linear codes; Elias bounds; Hamming bounds; Plotkin bounds; asymptotic bounds; generalized distances; linear codes; nonlinear codes; upper bounds; Binary codes; Cryptography; Hamming distance; Linear code; Silicon compounds; Upper bound; Vectors;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
