Hybrid lower bound on the MSE based on the Barankin and Weiss-Weinstein bounds

This article investigates hybrid lower bounds in order to predict the estimators mean square error threshold effect. A tractable and computationally efficient form is derived. This form combines the Barankin and the Weiss-Weinstein bounds. This bound is applied to a frequency estimation problem for which a closed-form expression is provided. A comparison with results on the hybrid Barankin bound shows the superiority of this new bound to predict the mean square error threshold.