Three Classes of Twisted Gabidulin Codes with Different Twists

Abstract: Twisted Gabidulin codes are an extension of Gabidulin codes and have recently attracted great attention. In this paper, we study three classes of twisted Gabidulin codes with different twists. Moreover, we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for them to be maximum rank distance (MRD) codes, determine the conditions under which they are not MRD codes, and construct several classes of MRD codes via twisted Gabidulin codes. In addition, considering these codes in the Hamming metric, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for them to be maximum distance separable (MDS), almost MDS, or near MDS. Finally, we investigate the covering radii and deep holes of twisted Gabidulin codes.