FONT face=Verdana>A new family of p-phase sequences with large family size is constructed
where p is an odd prime. The technique employed uses the highest coordinate of some linear recurrence sequences over the ring
Z
p
l
for any integer l which is greater than or equal to 2. The size of the family is estimated. Based on Galois ring theory (the local Weil bound) and spectral analysis over the additive group of
Z
p
l
we analyze the correlation properties of the sequences in detail and derive an estimate of the nontrivial autocorrelation and crosscorrelation of the sequences. The result shows that these sequences have low correlation
which makes it possible as code sequences in CDMA communication systems.