Title :
Overlapping Pulse Trains
Author :
Washburn, Alan R.
Author_Institution :
Naval Postgraduate School
fDate :
5/1/1981 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
An event happens the first time several periodic pulse trains all overlap (are all ¿on¿) simultaneously. Assuming that all pulse trains are randomly located with respect to each other, it is argued that the time required is approximately an exponential random variable. A formula for the mean of this time and the results of some tests by computer simulation are given.
Keywords :
Azimuth; Clocks; Computer simulation; Distribution functions; Frequency synchronization; Particle measurements; Pulse measurements; Random variables; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1981.309065
