On the existence and construction of good codes with low peak-to-average power ratios

The first lower bound on the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) of a constant energy code of a given length n, minimum Euclidean distance and rate is established. Conversely, using a nonconstructive Varshamov-Gilbert style argument yields a lower bound on the achievable rate of a code of a given length, minimum Euclidean distance and maximum PAPR. The derivation of these bounds relies on a geometrical analysis of the PAPR of such a code. Further analysis shows that there exist asymptotically good codes whose PAPR is at most 8 log n. These bounds motivate the explicit construction of error-correcting codes with low PAPR. Bounds for exponential sums over Galois fields and rings are applied to obtain an upper bound of order (log n)/sup 2/ on the PAPRs of a constructive class of codes, the trace codes. This class includes the binary simplex code, duals of binary, primitive Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) codes and a variety of their nonbinary analogs. Some open problems are identified.

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