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The classical way of extending an [ n , k , d ] linear code C is to add an overall parity-check coordinate to each codeword of the linear code C. This extended code, denoted by C ‾ (− 1) and called the standardly extended code of C , is a linear code with parameters [ n + 1 , k , d ¯ ] , where d ¯ = d or d ¯ = d + 1. This is one of the two extending techniques for linear codes in the literature. The standardly extended codes of some families of binary linear codes have been studied to some extent. However, not much is known about the standardly extended codes of nonbinary codes. For example, the minimum distances of the standardly extended codes of the nonbinary Hamming codes remain open for over 70 years. The first objective of this paper is to introduce the nonstandardly extended codes of a linear code and develop some general theory for this type of extended linear codes. The second objective is to study this type of extended codes of a number of families of linear codes, including cyclic codes and nonbinary Hamming codes. Four families of distance-optimal or dimension-optimal linear codes are obtained with this extending technique. The parameters of certain extended codes of many families of linear codes are settled in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Linear complementary dual (LCD) codes provide an optimum linear coding solution for the two-user binary adder channel. LCD codes also can be used against side-channel attacks and fault non-invasive attacks. In this paper, we obtain a lower bound on the distance of binary LCD codes through expanded codes. We give necessary and sufficient conditions to extend binary [ n , k ] LCD codes to binary [ n + 1 , k ] and [ n + 1 , k + 1 ] LCD codes. A sufficient condition for a binary [ n , k , d − 1 ] LCD code constructed from a binary [ n + 1 , k , d ] LC D o , e code is also given. Finally, we construct some new binary LCD codes by using our LCD bounds and some methods such as puncturing, shortening, expanding and extension. In particular, we improve some previously known range of d LCD (n , k) of lengths 38 ≤ n ≤ 40 and dimensions 9 ≤ k ≤ 15. We also obtain some values or range of d LCD (n , k) with 41 ≤ n ≤ 50 and 6 ≤ k ≤ n − 6. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]