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Sieves for low autocorrelation binary sequences

Marcel J. E. Golay
- 01 Jan 1977 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 1, pp 43-51
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It is concluded that the requirement of skewsymmetry constitutes a powerful and effective sieve for the search for near-optimal sequences.
Abstract
The value 2e^{2} is calculated by approximations as a conjectured asymptotic limit for the best central to sidelobe energy ratio of very long low autocorrelation binary sequences. The same bound is calculated by approximation for skewsymmetric sequences, hence it is concluded that the requirement of skewsymmetry constitutes a powerful and effective sieve for the search for near-optimal sequences. A second sieve based on the use of complementary sequences is discussed and shown to be quite effective for sequence lengths up to 31, and its investigation for longer lengths by means of computers is suggested. A third and a fourth sieve, based on the selection of restricted classes of complementary sequences, are also discussed.

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Complementary series

M. Golay
TL;DR: These series, which were originally conceived in connection with the optical problem of multislit spectrometry, also have possible applications in communication engineering, for when the two kinds of elements of these series are taken to be +1 and -1, it follows immediately from their definition that the sum of their two respective autocorrelation series is zero everywhere, except for the center term.
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Synthesis of low-peak-factor signals and binary sequences with low autocorrelation (Corresp.)

TL;DR: In this correspondence, a formula for the phase angles is derived that yields generally low peak factors, often comparable to that of a sinusoidal signal of equal power.
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Binary sequences up to length 40 with best possible autocorrelation function

J. Lindner
- 16 Oct 1975 - 
TL;DR: The problem of finding binary sequences with autocorrelation sidelobes as small as possible for any given length of the sequence is still unsolved today, however, solutions were found up to length 40 by exhaustive searching with the aid of a special minicomputer.
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Binary pulse compression codes

TL;DR: This analytical technique produced codes for lengths near 100 digits as good as, or better than, any previously known binary pulse compression codes in less than 15 minutes computer time.
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A class of finite binary sequences with alternate auto-correlation values equal to zero (Corresp.)

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