1.Middle East Technical University, Department of Mathematics, ín?nü Bulvari, 06531 Ankara, Turkey (e-mail: ozbudak@arf.math.metu.edu.tr),TR;2.Universit?t Essen, FB 6 Mathematik, 45117 Essen, Germany (e-mail: stichtenoth@uni-essen.de),DE
Abstract:
We present a simple construction of long linear codes from shorter ones. Our approach is related to the product code construction;
it generalizes and simplifies substantially the recent “Propagation Rule” by Niederreiter and Xing. Many optimal codes can
be produced by our method.
Received: June 23, 2000