Abstract
Let Q be an alphabet of size q ≥ 2. The Hamming space Qnthat consists of all n-tuples of elements of Q is a metric space, provided with the Hamming distance function. a perfect multiple covering (PMC) is a code C in Qnsuch that there exist fixed numbers r and μ with the property that every word in Qn is within distance r from exactly μ codewords of C. We give a few constructions of PMC's, and investigate in detail the problem of determining all possible parameters of PMC's with r =1.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 678-682 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Information Theory |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1991 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Multiple coverings
- ball pool problems
- covering radius
- foot
- perfect codes