• DocumentCode
    906711
  • Title

    On practical setting of detection thresholds

  • Author

    Rappaport, S.S.

  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    1420
  • Lastpage
    1421
  • Abstract
    In the practical setting of a threshold to implement the Neyman-Pearson criterion, the received noise power must be measured. The tradeoffs which take place between measurement accuracy, false-alarm probability, and detection probability are considered.
  • Keywords
    Additive noise; Gaussian noise; Maximum likelihood detection; Maximum likelihood estimation; Measurement uncertainty; Noise measurement; Power measurement; Probability density function; Radar detection; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1969.7279
  • Filename
    1449209