Sub-field identification system and method

A method for identifying one or more sub-fields within a field of a given field type, the field comprising a plurality of field bits, and each of the sub-fields comprising a distinct sub-group of the field bits having one or more fixed consecutive bit positions within each instance of a plurality of instances of the field, the method comprising:

• obtaining one or more input time-series, each input time-series of the one or more input time-series including a plurality of input instances of the field;
• generating one or more new time-series, each new time-series of the generated new time-series being associated with at least one input time-series of the one or more input time-series and including a plurality of new time-series instances of the field;
• generating a bit-field based on selected instances of the new time-series instances in each new time-series of the generated new time-series;
• and
• analyzing the bit-field to identify the fixed consecutive bit positions of at least one of the sub-fields within the field.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code, executable by at least one processing resource of a computer to perform a method for identifying one or more sub-fields within a field of a given field type, the field comprising a plurality of field bits, and each of the sub-fields comprising a distinct sub-group of the field bits having one or more fixed consecutive bit positions within each instance of a plurality of instances of the field, the method comprising:

• obtaining one or more input time-series, each input time-series of the one or more input time-series including a plurality of input instances of the field;
• generating one or more new time-series, each new time-series of the generated new time-series being associated with at least one input time-series of the one or more input time-series and including a plurality of new time-series instances of the field;
• generating a bit-field based on selected instances of the new time-series instances in each new time-series of the generated new time-series;
• and
• analyzing the bit-field to identify the fixed consecutive bit positions of at least one of the sub-fields within the field.