Binary cyclic codes from permutation polynomials over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$
Mrinal Kanti Bose, Udaya Parampalli, Abhay Kumar Singh
TL;DR
This work constructs binary cyclic codes of length $v=2^m-1$ from permutation polynomials over $ ext{F}_{2^m}$ using the trace-sequence framework of Ding. By analyzing the associated $2$-cyclotomic cosets and employing the Hartmann-Tzeng and BCH bounds, it yields infinite families with dimensions exceeding $v/2$ and minimum distances near the square-root bound, including a new optimal family with parameters $[2^m-1,2^m-2-3m,8]$ for odd $m\ge5$. The paper covers both odd and even $m$, providing explicit generator polynomials for various permutation monomials and trinomials, and demonstrates optimal or near-optimal codes in several cases (e.g., $[31,25,4]$, $[127,105,6]$, $[127,91,8]$, $[255,199,10]$). These constructions have potential implications for high-rate error correction, post-quantum cryptography, and related communications applications, and open avenues for tighter distance bounds and quantum-code design.
Abstract
Binary cyclic codes having large dimensions and minimum distances close to the square-root bound are highly valuable in applications where high-rate transmission and robust error correction are both essential. They provide an optimal trade-off between these two factors, making them suitable for demanding communication and storage systems, post-quantum cryptography, radar and sonar systems, wireless sensor networks, and space communications. This paper aims to investigate cyclic codes by an efficient approach introduced by Ding \cite{SETA5} from several known classes of permutation monomials and trinomials over $\mathbb{F}_{2^m}$. We present several infinite families of binary cyclic codes of length $2^m-1$ with dimensions larger than $(2^m-1)/2$. By applying the Hartmann-Tzeng bound, some of the lower bounds on the minimum distances of these cyclic codes are relatively close to the square root bound. Moreover, we obtain a new infinite family of optimal binary cyclic codes with parameters $[2^m-1,2^m-2-3m,8]$, where $m\geq 5$ is odd, according to the sphere-packing bound.
