Maximum $w$-cyclic holely group divisible packings with block size three and applications to optical orthogonal codes

Abstract

In this paper we investigate combinatorial constructions for $w$-cyclic holely group divisible packings with block size three (briefly by $3$-HGDPs). For any positive integers $u,v,w$ with $u\equiv0,1~(\bmod~3)$, the exact number of base blocks of a maximum $w$-cyclic $3$-HGDP of type $(u,w^v)$ is determined. This result is used to determine the exact number of codewords in a maximum three-dimensional $(u\times v\times w,3,1)$ optical orthogonal code with at most one optical pulse per spatial plane and per wavelength plane.