Description
A \(q\)-ary code of length \(n\) is cyclic if, for each codeword \(c_1 c_2 \cdots c_n\), the cyclically shifted string \(c_n c_1 \cdots c_{n-1}\) is also a codeword. A cyclic code is called primitive when \(n=q^r-1\) for some \(r\geq 2\). A shortened cyclic code is obtained from a cyclic code by taking only codewords with the first \(j\) zero entries, and deleting those zeroes.
Cyclic-to-polynomial correspondence
Cyclic-to-polynomial correspondence: Cyclic linear \(q\)-ary codes and their properties can be naturally formulated using the theory of polynomials. Codewords \(c_1 c_2 \cdots c_n\) of a cyclic \(q\)-ary code can be thought of as coefficients in a polynomial \(c_1+c_2 x+\cdots+c_n x^{n-1}\) in the set of polynomials with \(q\)-ary coefficients, \(\mathbb{F}_q[x]\) with \(\mathbb{F}_q=GF(q)\). Polynomials corresponding to codewords of a linear cyclic code form an ideal (i.e., are closed under multiplication and addition) in the ring \(\mathbb{F}_q[x]/(x^n-1)\) (i.e., the set of equivalence classes of polynomials congruent modulo \(x^n-1\)). Multiplication of a codeword polynomial \(c(x)\) by \(x\) in such a ring corresponds to a cyclic shift of the corresponding codeword string.
Codeword polynomials of a cyclic code can be generated, via multiplication, by a generator polynomial \(g(x)\). A particular generator polynomial \(e(x)\) has the additional property of being idempotent, i.e., \(e(x)^2=e(x)\). Given a generator polynomial, the corresponding check polynomial \(h(x)=(x^n-1)/g(x)\) yields zero when multiplying a codeword polynomial. Its coefficients correspond to the code's parity check matrix.
Since the generator polynomial \(g(x)\) is a polynomial over \(GF(q)\), it can be factorized over some potentially larger splitting field (just like \(x^2+1\) can be factorized over the complex numbers but not the reals). Whenever \(q\) and \(n\) are relatively prime, cyclic codes can also be defined in terms of roots of \(g(x)\). Such roots are called zeroes of the code, and they are all powers of a primitive \(n\)th root of unity because \(g(x)\) is a divisor of \(x^n-1\). Since the generator polynomial generates all codeword polynomials \(c(x)\) by multiplication by \(x\), its zeroes are also zeroes of those polynomials.
Decoding
Meggitt decoder [2].Information set decoding (ISD) [3], a probabilistic decoding strategy that essentially tries to guess \(k\) correct positions in the received word, where \(k\) is the size of the code. Then, an error vector is constructed to map the received word onto the nearest codeword, assuming the \(k\) positions are error free. When the Hamming weight of the error vector is low enough, that codeword is assumed to be the intended transmission.Permutation decoding [4].Notes
See Ch. 7 of Ref. [5] for an exposition.Any nontrivial \(q\)-ary linear code invariant under the general affine group \(GA(m,GF(q^r))\) for some \(r > 1\) is equivalent to an extended cyclic code [6].Cousins
- \(q\)-ary linear LTC— Cyclic linear codes cannot be \(c^3\)-LTCs [7]. Codeword symmetries are in general an obstruction to achieving such LTCs [8].
- Self-dual linear code— See Refs. [9,10] for tables of cyclic self-dual codes.
- Combinatorial design— Two families of cyclic \(q\)-ary codes support an infinite family of combinatorial 3-designs [11]. The supports of all fixed-weight codewords of a \(q\)-ary cyclic code support a combinatorial \(1\)-design [12; Corr. 5.2.4].
- Reed-Solomon (RS) code— If the length divides \(q-1\), then it is possible to construct a cyclic RS code. Such codes a Abelian group-algebra codes [13; Example 16.4.9].
- Generalized RM (GRM) code— GRM codes with nonzero evaluation points are cyclic [14; pg. 52].
- \(q\)-ary Hamming code— Hamming codes are equivalent to cyclic codes when \(q\) and \(r\) are relatively prime ([5], pg. 194).
- Quantum maximum-distance-separable (MDS) code— Quantum MDS codes can be constructed from \(q\)-ary cyclic codes using the Hermitian construction [15].
- Quantum tensor-product code— Reversible cyclic codes can be used to construct quantum tensor-product codes [16].
- Galois-qudit CSS code— Galois CSS codes can be constructed using self-orthogonal \(q\)-ary cyclic codes [17].
Primary Hierarchy
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“Cyclic linear \(q\)-ary code”, The Error Correction Zoo (V. V. Albert & P. Faist, eds.), 2022. https://errorcorrectionzoo.org/c/q-ary_cyclic