Known Barker Codes
Here is a table of all known Barker codes, where negations and reversals of the codes have been omitted. A Barker code has a maximum autocorrelation sequence which has sidelobes no larger than 2, and which thus has better RMS performance than the codes below. The table below shows all known Barker codes; it is conjectured that no other perfect binary phase codes exist.
| Length | Codes | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | +1 −1 | +1 +1 |
| 3 | +1 +1 −1 | |
| 4 | +1 +1 −1 +1 | +1 +1 +1 −1 |
| 5 | +1 +1 +1 −1 +1 | |
| 7 | +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 +1 −1 | |
| 11 | +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 −1 +1 −1 −1 +1 −1 | |
| 13 | +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 −1 −1 +1 +1 −1 +1 −1 +1 | |
Barker codes of length 11 and 13 are used in direct-sequence spread spectrum and pulse compression radar systems because of their low autocorrelation properties. A Barker code resembles a discrete version of a continuous chirp, another low-autocorrelation signal used in other pulse compression radars.
The positive and negative amplitudes of the pulses forming the Barker codes imply the use of biphase modulation; that is, the change of phase in the carrier wave is 180 degrees.
Pseudorandom number sequences can be thought of as cyclic Barker Codes, having perfect (and uniform) cyclic autocorrelation sidelobes. Very long pseudorandom number sequences can be constructed.
Similar to the Barker Codes are the complementary sequences, which cancel sidelobes exactly; the pair of 4 baud Barker Codes in the table form a complementary pair. There is a simple constructive method to create arbitrarily long complementary sequences.
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