MacWilliams type identities for some new $m$-spotty weight enumerators over finite commutative Frobenius rings

Abstract

Past few years have seen an extensive use of RAM chips with wide I/O data (e.g. 16, 32, 64 bits) in computer memory systems. These chips are highly vulnerable to a special type of byte error, called an $m$-spotty byte error, which can be effectively detected or corrected using byte error-control codes. The MacWilliams identity provides the relationship between the weight distribution of a code and that of its dual. This paper introduces $m$-spotty Hamming weight enumerator, joint $m$-spotty Hamming weight enumerator and split $m$-spotty Hamming weight enumerator for byte error-control codes over finite commutative Frobenius rings as well as $m$-spotty Lee weight enumerator over an infinite family of rings. In addition, MacWilliams type identities are also derived for these enumerators.

arXiv commentResearch article, under review since 30th March 2013. 18 pages,6 Tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1109.3800 by other authors