matrices is considered. This ensemble is a subensemble of the ensemble of low-density
parity-check (LDPC) codes considered by Gallager [1]. We prove that, as M→∞, the
minimum distance of almost all codes in the ensemble grows linearly with M. We also show
that in several cases the asymptotic minimum-distance-to-block-length ratio for almost all
codes in the ensemble satisfies Gallager's bound [1].