Generalized tensor product codes

A class of binary error-correcting codes, called generalized tensor product codes, is presented with their decoding algorithm. These codes are constructed by combining a number of codes on various extension fields with shorter binary codes. A general algorithm is provided to do bounded distance decoding for these codes. Simply decodable codes such as Wolf´s tensor product codes are shown to be special cases of this class of codes. Simply decodable and more efficient codes than Wolf´s codes are also included as special cases.