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The generator matrix. The Reed–Muller RM(r, m) code of order r and length N = 2 m is the code generated by v 0 and the wedge products of up to r of the v i, 1 ≤ i ≤ m (where by convention a wedge product of fewer than one vector is the identity for the
Schematic depiction of a concatenated code built upon an inner code and an outer code. This is a pictorial representation of a code concatenation, and, in particular, the Reed–Solomon code with n=q=4 and k=2 is used as the outer code and the Hadamard code with n=q and k=log q is used as the inner code. Overall, the concatenated code is a -code.
A generator matrix for a linear [,,]-code has format , where n is the length of a codeword, k is the number of information bits (the dimension of C as a vector subspace), d is the minimum distance of the code, and q is size of the finite field, that is, the number of symbols in the alphabet (thus, q = 2 indicates a binary code, etc.).
The Gilbert–Varshamov bound for linear codes asserts the existence of q -ary linear codes for any relative minimum distance less than the given bound that simultaneously have high rate. The existence proof uses the probabilistic method, and thus is not constructive. The Gilbert–Varshamov bound is the best known in terms of relative distance ...
Definition and parameters[edit] A linear code of length n and dimension k is a linear subspace C with dimension k of the vector space where is the finite field with q elements. Such a code is called a q -ary code. If q = 2 or q = 3, the code is described as a binary code, or a ternary code respectively. The vectors in C are called codewords.
The Hadamard code is a linear code, and all linear codes can be generated by a generator matrix . This is a matrix such that Had ( x ) = x ⋅ G {\displaystyle {\text{Had}}(x)=x\cdot G} holds for all x ∈ { 0 , 1 } k {\displaystyle x\in \{0,1\}^{k}} , where the message x {\displaystyle x} is viewed as a row vector and the vector-matrix product ...
LDPC codes functionally are defined by a sparse parity-check matrix. This sparse matrix is often randomly generated, subject to the sparsity constraints—LDPC code construction is discussed later. These codes were first designed by Robert Gallager in 1960. Below is a graph fragment of an example LDPC code using Forney's factor graph notation.
Group code. In coding theory, group codes are a type of code. Group codes consist of linear block codes which are subgroups of , where is a finite Abelian group . A systematic group code is a code over of order defined by homomorphisms which determine the parity check bits. The remaining bits are the information bits themselves.