The optimum constant false alarm probability detector for relatively coherent multichannel signals in Gaussian noise of unknown power

In this paper, the method of "most powerful similar tests" is used to obtain the optimum (largest probability of detection) constant false alarm probability detector for multichannel signals received in the presence of additive Gaussian noise of unknown power. The signals are assumed to contain a common random phase angle, and hence are relatively coherent over the multiple channels. The noise is assumed to be correlated from channel to channel. The performance of the optimum detector is calculated. Finally, for illustrative purposes, the technique is applied to the detection of a signal in the presence of a jammer, and to the detection of a single channel signal in white and colored noise of unknown power.