Abstract
Sets of signals that meet Welch bounds with equality or near equality are of value in communications and sensing applications, and the construction of such signal sets has been an active research area. Although Welch derived a family of bounds indexed by positive integers k, only the first Welch bound (i.e., for k = 1) has been considered in these constructions. Earlier, a frame-theoretic perspective was introduced on the higher Welch bounds that is valuable in constructing signals that simultaneously meet multiple Welch bounds with equality or near equality. This perspective is used in this paper to examine the existence of signal sets that meet the k(th) Welch bound with equality by using second order Reed-Muller codes. Some examples of such signal sets are presented and connections to equiangular lines and t-designs are discussed.