Description
A block code over a field or a ring whose codewords all have the same Hamming weight \(w\). The complement of a binary constant-weight code is a constant-weight code obtained by interchanging zeroes and ones in the codewords. The set of all binary codewords of length \(n\) forms the Johnson space \(J(n,w)\) [1–4].
Constant-weight codes that contain all strings of some fixed Hamming weight are known as \(m\)-in-\(n\) or \({n \choose m}\) codes.
Realizations
Radio-network frequency hopping [6].Notes
Tables of binary constant-weight codes for \(n \leq 28\) [7] and \(n > 28\) [6]. Other code constructions also exist for codes over fields [8] or rings [9].See book [10] for (Johnson) bounds on the size of constant-weight codes.Cousins
- Constant-excitation (CE) code— Constant-weight codes are classical analogues of qubit constant-excitation codes.
- Universally optimal \(q\)-ary code— See [4; Table 8.4] for constant-weight universally optimal \(q\)-ary codes.
- Divisible code— Codes whose codewords have a constant weight of \(m\) are automatically \(m\)-divisible. However, divisible codes are linear by definition while constant-weight codes do not have to be.
- Binary balanced spherical code— Binary balanced spherical codes are obtained from constant-weight binary codes.
Primary Hierarchy
Parents
Constant-weight code
Children
All nonzero simplex codewords have a constant weight of \(q^{m-1}\).
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- Victor V. Albert (2022-07-14) — most recent
- Micah Shaw (2022-05-30)
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“Constant-weight code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/constant_weight