Abstract
The generalized Hamming weight of a linear code is a new notion of higher dimensional Hamming weights, first defined by V.K. Wei as follows: Let C be an [n, k] linear code and D be a subcode. The support of D is the cardinality of the set of not-always-zero bit positions of D. The r th generalized Hamming weight of C, denoted by d r (C), is defined as the minimum support of r-dimensional subcode of C. The first generalized Hamming weight, d 1(C) is just the minimum Hamming distance of the code C. It was shown that the generalized Hamming weight hierarchy of a linear code completely characterizes the performance of the code on the type II wire-tap channel defined by Ozarow and Wyner.
In this paper, the second generalized Hamming weight of a double-error correcting BCH code and its dual code is derived. It is shown that d 2(C) = 8 for all binary primitive double-error-correcting BCH codes. Also, we prove that the second generalized Hamming weight of [2m – 1,2m]-dual BCH codes satisfies the Griesmer bound for m ≡ 1,2,3 (mod 4) and 0 (mod 12).
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Chung, H. (1991). The 2-nd generalized Hamming weight of double-error correcting binary BCH codes and their dual codes. In: Mattson, H.F., Mora, T., Rao, T.R.N. (eds) Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms and Error-Correcting Codes. AAECC 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 539. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54522-0_101
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