Weighted Coordinates Poset Block Codes

Abstract: Given

[n] = 1, 2, l d o t s, n

, a partial order

p r e c e q

on

[n]

, a label map

p i : [n] i g h t a r r o w m a t h b b N

defined by

p i (i) = k_{i}

with

s u m_{i = 1}^{n} p i (i) = N

, the direct sum

m a t h b b F_{q}^{k_{1}} o p l u s m a t h b b F_{q}^{k_{2}} o p l u s l d o t s o p l u s m a t h b b F_{q}^{k_{n}}

of

m a t h b b F_{q}^{N}

, and a weight function

w

on

m a t h b b F_{q}

, we define a poset block metric

d_{(P, w, p i)}

on

m a t h b b F_{q}^{N}

based on the poset

P = ([n], p r e c e q)

. The metric

d_{(P, w, p i)}

is said to be weighted coordinates poset block metric (

(P, w, p i)

-metric). It extends the weighted coordinates poset metric (

(P, w)

-metric) introduced by L. Panek and J. A. Pinheiro and generalizes the poset block metric (

(P, p i)

-metric) introduced by M. M. S. Alves et al. We determine the complete weight distribution of a

(P, w, p i)

-space, thereby obtaining it for

(P, w)

-space,

(P, p i)

-space,

p i

-space, and

P

-space as special cases. We obtain the Singleton bound for

(P, w, p i)

-codes and for

(P, w)

-codes as well. In particular, we re-obtain the Singleton bound for any code with respect to

(P, p i)

-metric and

P

-metric. Moreover, packing radius and Singleton bound for NRT block codes are found.

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