Kan, H.Shen, H.2007-08-032007-08-032005IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, 2005; E88-A(1):353-3580916-85081745-1337http://hdl.handle.net/2440/36734Copyright © 2005 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication EngineersIn this paper, we study trellis properties of the tensor product (product code) of two linear codes, and prove that the tensor product of the lexicographically first bases for two linear codes in minimal span form is exactly the lexicographically first basis for their product code in minimal span form, also the tensor products of characteristic generators of two linear codes are the characteristic generators of their product code.entensor product, trellis, minimal span form, characteristic generatorTrellis properties of product codesJournal article002006557210.1093/ietfec/E88-A.1.3532-s2.0-2754449320749683Shen, H. [0000-0002-3663-6591] [0000-0003-0649-0648]