Two-tuple balance of non-binary sequences with ideal two-level autocorrelation

Let p be a prime, q = pm and Fq be the finite field with q elements. In this paper, we will consider q-ary sequences of period qn - 1 for q > 2 and study their various balance properties: symbol-balance, difference-balance, and two-tuple-balance properties. The array structure of the sequences is introduced, and various implications between these balance properties and the array structure are proved. Specifically, we prove that if a q-ary sequence of period qn -1 is difference-balanced and has the "cyclic" array structure then it is two-tuple-balanced. We conjecture that a difference-balanced q-ary sequence of period qn - 1 must have the cyclic array structure. The conjecture is confirmed with respect to all of the known q-ary sequences which are difference-balanced, in particular, which have the ideal two-level autocorrelation function when q = p.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: DAM
• Authors: Guang Gong, Hong-Yeop Song
• Keywords: Array Structure, Balance Properties, DAM 2006, Q-ary Sequences