• DocumentCode
    1034784
  • Title

    Rician envelope estimation and confidence intervals in low signal/noise levels

  • Author

    Stewart, Brian G. ; Simmons, J.F.L.

  • Author_Institution
    Robert Gordon´s Institute of Technology, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Aberdeen, UK
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    832
  • Lastpage
    834
  • Abstract
    The determination of a Rician signal envelope in low signal/noise is a biased estimate of the true (noiseless) envelope. Four statistical estimators which attempt to correct for the biasing are investigated, namely the maximum likelihood, most probable, mean and median estimators. Confidence intervals on the envelope estimation are also presented at the 68%, 95% and 99% confidence levels.
  • Keywords
    radiocommunication; random noise; signal detection; signal processing; Rician envelope estimation; Rician signal envelope; SNR; confidence intervals; low signal/noise levels; maximum-likelihood estimator; mean estimator; median estimators; most probable estimator; statistical estimators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19870589
  • Filename
    4257926
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1034784