A Class of 1-Generator Quasi-Cyclic Codes

Abstract

If R = F/sub q/[x/spl rceil/]/(x/sup m/ - 1), S = F/sub qn/[x]/(x/sup m/ - 1), we define the mapping a_(x) /spl rarr/ A(x) =/spl sigma//sub 0//sup n-1/a/sub i/(x)/spl alpha//sub i/ from R/sup n/ onto S, where (/spl alpha//sub 0/, /spl alpha//sub i/,..., /spl alpha//sub n-1/) is a basis for F/sub qn/ over F/sub q/. This carries the q-ray 1-generator quasicyclic (QC) code R a_(x) onto the code RA(x) in S whose parity-check polynomial (p.c.p.) is defined as the monic polynomial h(x) over F/sub q/ of least degree such that h(x)A(x) = 0. In the special case, where gcd(q, m) = 1 and where the prime factorizations of x/sub m/ 1 over F/sub q/ and F/sub qn/ are the same we show that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the q-ary 1-generator quasis-cyclic codes with p.c.p. h(x) and the elements of the factor group J* /I* where J is the ideal in S with p.c.p. h(x) and I the corresponding quantity in R. We then describe an algorithm for generating the elements of J*/I*. Next, we show that if we choose a normal basis for F/sub qn/ over F/sub q/, then we can modify the aforementioned algorithm to eliminate a certain number of equivalent codes, thereby rending the algorithm more attractive from a computational point of view. Finally in Section IV, we show how to modify the above algorithm in order to generate all the binary self-dual 1-generator QC codes.