ECE4253 Digital Communications
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

Galois Field GF(2) Calculator

Model C-172 POLYNOMIAL CALCULATOR A: B: A + B A - B A × B A / B Discussion  Polynomials  MATLAB

Answer: (division)

 110010100
----------- = 100100, Remainder = 000
   1101

Detailed Calculation

          100100
     -----------
1101 ) 110010100
       1101
       ----
        00110100
          1101
          ----
             000

MATLAB Example

Calculations in GF(2) are performed by MATLAB functions found within the Communications Toolbox.

>> a = gf( [1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0] );

>> b = gf( [1 1 0 1] );

>> [q,r] = deconv(a,b) % deconvolution is equivalent to division

q = GF(2) array.

Array elements =

       1      0      0      1      0      0

r = GF(2) array.

Array elements =

       0