DocumentCode
1410331
Title
On the extended error-correcting capabilities of the quaternary Preparata codes
Author
Greferath, Marcus ; Vellbinger, Ute
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs, Florham Park, NJ, USA
Volume
44
Issue
5
fYear
1998
fDate
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2018
Lastpage
2019
Abstract
We prove extended error-correcting capabilities of the quaternary Preparata codes. These are metrically reflected by a slight and simple modification of the Lee distance on Z4: we change the weight of the element 2 to 4/3 and leave all remaining weights untouched
Keywords
decoding; error correction codes; linear codes; Lee distance; Preparata codes; decoding scheme; extended error-correcting capabilities; quaternary codes; weight functions; Error correction codes; Explosives; Hamming distance; History; Linear code; Mathematics;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/18.705585
Filename
705585
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