Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds for linear codes over finite chain rings (Q874420)

The authors obtain Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds for linear codes over finite chain rings with various weights. They derive both finite and asymptotic versions of these bounds. The asymptotic type bound for a special weight has application to convolutional codes. Finally the authors obtain asymptotic Gilbert-Varshamov type bounds for Lee, Euclidean and PSK weights over the ring \(\mathbb Z_8\).