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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chris Heegard, Ithaca, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Instrument Corporation of Delaware, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; H04K / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
375208 ; 380-9 ; 380 46 ; 36471703 ;
Abstract
An N-bit, byte-wise data randomizer uses a linear feedback shift register arrangement where each register stage stores N-bits. In this manner, a pseudorandom sequence can be generated based on a nonbinary primitive polynomial over a finite field of any desired length. In a specific disclosed embodiment, the primitive, degree three trinomial