Cyclic codes over local Frobenius rings of order 16

Abstract

We study cyclic codes over commutative local Frobenius rings of order 16 and give their binary images under a Gray map which is a generalization of the Gray maps on the rings of order 4. We prove that the binary images of cyclic codes are quasi-cyclic codes of index 4 and give examples of cyclic codes of various lengths constructed from these techniques including new optimal quasi-cyclic codes.