The Dynamic Analysis of a Novel Reconfigurable Cubic Chaotic Map and Its Application in Finite Field

• Main Authors: Chuanfu Wang, Yi Di, Jianyu Tang, Jing Shuai, Yuchen Zhang, Qi Lu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
• Series: Symmetry
• Subjects: cubic chaotic map; period; chaotic attractor; reconfigurable
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/8/1420

Dynamic degradation occurs when chaotic systems are implemented on digital devices, which seriously threatens the security of chaos-based pseudorandom sequence generators. The chaotic degradation shows complex periodic behavior, which is often ignored by designers and seldom analyzed in theory. Not knowing the exact period of the output sequence is the key problem that affects the application of chaos-based pseudorandom sequence generators. In this paper, two cubic chaotic maps are combined, which have symmetry and reconfigurable form in the digital circuit. The dynamic behavior of the cubic chaotic map and the corresponding digital cubic chaotic map are analyzed respectively, and the reasons for the complex period and weak randomness of output sequences are studied. On this basis, the digital cubic chaotic map is optimized, and the complex periodic behavior is improved. In addition, a reconfigurable pseudorandom sequence generator based on the digital cubic chaotic map is constructed from the point of saving consumption of logical resources. Through theoretical and numerical analysis, the pseudorandom sequence generator solves the complex period and weak randomness of the cubic chaotic map after digitization and makes the output sequence have better performance and less resource consumption, which lays the foundation for applying it to the field of secure communication.