On the Minimum Distance Properties of Weighted Nonbinary Repeat Multiple-Accumulate Codes

• We consider weighted nonbinary repeat multiple- accumulate (WNRMA) code ensembles obtained from the serial concatenation of a nonbinary rate-1/n repetition code and the cascade of L≥1 accumulators, where each encoder is followed by a nonbinary random weighter. We derive the exact weight enumerator of nonbinary accumulators and subsequently give the weight enumerators for WNRMA code ensembles. We formally prove that the symbol-wise minimum distance of WNRMA code ensembles asymptotically grows linearly with the block length when L≥3 and n≥2, and L = 2 and n≥3, for all powers of primes q ≥ 3 considered, where q is the field size. Thus, WNRMA code ensembles are asymptotically good for these parameters.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

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