Title :
Asymptotic behavior of normalized linear complexity of ultimately nonperiodic binary sequences
Author :
Dai, Zongduo ; Jiang, Shaoquan ; Imamura, Kyoki ; Gong, Guang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab of Inf. Security, Acad. Sinica, Beijing, China
Abstract :
For an ultimately nonperiodic binary sequence s={st}t≥0, it is shown that the set of the accumulation values of the normalized linear complexity, Ls(n)/n, is a closed interval centered at 1/2, where Ls(n) is the linear complexity of the length n prefix sn=(s0,s1,...,sn-1) of the sequence s. It was known that the limit value of the normalized linear complexity is equal to 0 or 1/2 if it exists. A method is also given for constructing a sequence to have the closed interval [1/2-Δ, 1/2+Δ](0≤Δ≤1/2) as the set of the accumulation values of its normalized linear complexity.
Keywords :
binary sequences; computational complexity; accumulation values; asymptotic behavior; continued fraction; normalized linear complexity; ultimately nonperiodic binary sequences; Binary sequences; Computer science; Cryptography; Galois fields; Information security; Linear feedback shift registers; Asymptotic behavior; continued fraction; nonperiodic binary sequences; normalized linear complexity; set of accumulation values;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.2004.836704