The Plotkin-Type Bound on the Generalized Symbol-Pair Weight and Symbol-Pair Equiweight Codes

We present the Plotkin-type bound on the generalized symbol-pair weight and show that all the symbol-pair equiweight codes achieve the Plotkin-type bound. Some new judging criteria are given for symbol-pair equiweight codes, and based on these judging criteria, we show the existence of a class of symbol-pair equiweight codes by design and graph theory. Also, we explicitly construct the symbol-pair version simplex code by the action of a group on a set. Furthermore, we construct several classes of inequiweight codes achieving the Plotkin-type bound.