How Many Bits have to be Changed to Decrease the Linear Complexity?

  • Authors:
  • Wilfried Meidl

  • Affiliations:
  • Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, 5 Sports Drive 2, 117508 Singapore tslmw@nus.edu.sg

  • Venue:
  • Designs, Codes and Cryptography
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The k-error linear complexity of periodic binary sequences is defined to be the smallest linear complexity that can be obtained by changing k or fewer bits of the sequence per period. For the period length pn, where p is an odd prime and 2 is a primitive root modulo p2, we show a relationship between the linear complexity and the minimum value k for which the k-error linear complexity is strictly less than the linear complexity. Moreover, we describe an algorithm to determine the k-error linear complexity of a given pn-periodic binary sequence.