Construction of $p$-ary Sequence Families of Period $(p^n-1)/2$ and Cross-Correlation of $p$-ary m-Sequences and Their Decimated Sequences

Abstract

This dissertation includes three main contributions: a construction of a new family of $p$-ary sequences of period $\frac{p^n-1}{2}$ with low correlation, a derivation of the cross-correlation values of decimated $p$-ary m-sequences and their decimations, and an upper bound on the cross-correlation values of ternary m-sequences and their decimations.

First, for an odd prime $p = 3 \mod 4$ and an odd integer $n$, a new family of $p$-ary sequences of period $N = \frac{p^n-1}{2}$ with low correlation is proposed. The family is constructed by shifts and additions of two decimated m-sequences with the decimation factors 2 and $d = N-p^{n-1}$. The upper bound on the maximum value of the magnitude of the correlation of the family is shown to be $2\sqrt{N+1/2} = \sqrt{2p^n}$ by using the generalized Kloosterman sums. The family size is four times the period of sequences, $2(p^n-1)$.

Second, based on the work by Helleseth \cite{Helleseth1}, the cross-correlation values between two decimated m-sequences by 2 and $4p^{n/2}-2$ are derived, where $p$ is an odd prime and $n = 2m$ is an integer. The cross-correlation is at most 4-valued and their values are $\{\frac{-1\pm p^{n/2}}{2}, \frac{-1+3p^{n/2}}{2}, \frac{-1+5p^{n/2}}{2}\}$. As a result, for $p^m \neq 2 \mod 3$, a new sequence family with the maximum correlation value $\frac{5}{\sqrt{2}} \sqrt{N}$ and the family size $4N$ is obtained, where $N = \frac{p^n-1}{2}$ is the period of sequences in the family.

Lastly, the upper bound on the cross-correlation values of ternary m-sequences and their decimations by $d = \frac{3^{4k+2}-3^{2k+1}+2}{4}+3^{2k+1}$ is investigated, where $k$ is an integer and the period of m-sequences is $N = 3^{4k+2}-1$. The magnitude of the cross-correlation is upper bounded by $\frac{1}{2} \cdot 3^{2k+3}+1 = 4.5 \sqrt{N+1}+1$. To show this, the quadratic form technique and Bluher's results \cite{Bluher} are employed. While many previous results using quadratic form technique consider two quadratic forms, four quadratic forms are involved in this case. It is proved that quadratic forms have only even ranks and at most one of four quadratic forms has the lowest rank $4k-2$.