Description
Member of a family of \(2^{m+1}\)-dimensional lattices, denoted as BW\(_{2^{m+1}}\), that are the densest lattices known. Members include the integer square lattice \(\mathbb{Z}^2\), \(D_4\), the Gosset \(E_8\) lattice, and the \(\Lambda_{16}\) lattice, corresponding to \(m\in\{0,1,2,3\}\), respectively.
Protection
BW lattices in dimension \(2^{m+1}\) have a nominal coding gain of \(2^{m/2}\). Their kissing number is \(K_{\text{min}} = \prod_{i=1}^{m+1} (2^i + 2)\).
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Cousins
- Reed-Muller (RM) code — BW lattice codes are lattice analogues of RM codes in that both can be constructed recursively via a \(|u|u+v|\) construction [6,7].
- Qubit stabilizer code — The first lattice shell of a BW lattice over a cyclotomic field is formed by stabilizer states [5].
- Modular-qudit stabilizer code — The first lattice shell of a BW lattice over a cyclotomic field is formed by stabilizer states [5].
- \(\mathbb{Z}^n\) hypercubic lattice code — The hypercubic lattice is the \(m=1\) BW lattice.
- Real-Clifford subgroup-orbit code — The automorphism group of BW lattices is a subgroup of index 2 of a real Clifford group [8,9] (see [3,5] for an explanation).
References
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- C. Bachoc, “Designs, groups and lattices”, (2007) arXiv:0712.1939
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- V. Kliuchnikov and S. Schönnenbeck, “Stabilizer operators and Barnes-Wall lattices”, (2024) arXiv:2404.17677
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- E. L. Cusack, “Error control codes for QAM signalling”, Electronics Letters 20, 62 (1984) DOI
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- G. D. Forney, “Coset codes. I. Introduction and geometrical classification”, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory 34, 1123 (1988) DOI
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- V. M. Sidelnikov, On a finite group of matrices and codes on the Euclidean sphere (in Russian), Probl. Peredach. Inform. 33 (1997), 35–54 (1997); English translation in Problems Inform. Transmission 33 (1997), 29–44
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Page edit log
- Victor V. Albert (2022-11-08) — most recent
Cite as:
“Barnes-Wall (BW) lattice code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/barnes_wall