Generalized Hamming weights for linear codes |
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Authors: | Wei VK |
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Affiliation: | Bellcore, Morristown, NJ; |
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Abstract: | Motivated by cryptographical applications, the algebraic structure, of linear codes from a new perspective is studied. By viewing the minimum Hamming weight as a certain minimum property of one-dimensional subcodes, a generalized notion of higher-dimensional Hamming weights is obtained. These weights characterize the code performance on the wire-tap channel of type II. Basic properties of generalized weights are derived, the values of these weights for well-known classes of codes are determined, and lower bounds on code parameters are obtained. Several open problems are also listed |
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