Maximum Length Sequence - Generation of Maximum Length Sequences

Generation of Maximum Length Sequences

MLS are generated using maximal linear feedback shift registers. An MLS-generating system with a shift register of length 4 is shown in Fig. 1. It can be expressed using the following recursive relation:

a_k = \begin{cases}
a_0 + a_1, & k = 3 \\
a_{k+1}, & \mbox{otherwise}
\end{cases}

where n is the time index, k is the bit register position, and represents modulo-2 addition.

As MLS are periodic and shift registers cycle through every possible binary value (with the exception of the zero vector), registers can be initialized to any state, with the exception of the zero vector.

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