Binary $[n,(n\pm1)/2]$ cyclic codes with good minimum distances from sequences

Abstract

Recently, binary cyclic codes with parameters $[n,(n\pm1)/2,\geq \sqrt{n}]$ have been a hot topic since their minimum distances have a square-root bound. In this paper, we construct four classes of binary cyclic codes $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{S},0}$, $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{S},1}$ and $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{D},0}$, $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{D},1}$ by using two families of sequences, and obtain some codes with parameters $[n,(n\pm1)/2,\geq \sqrt{n}]$. For $m\equiv2\pmod4$, the code $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{S},0}$ has parameters $[2^m-1,2^{m-1},\geq2^{\frac{m}{2}}+2]$, and the code $\mathcal{C}_{\mathcal{D},0}$ has parameters $[2^m-1,2^{m-1},\geq2^{\frac{m}{2}}+2]$ if $h=1$ and $[2^m-1,2^{m-1},\geq2^{\frac{m}{2}}]$ if $h=2$.