• DocumentCode
    1188205
  • Title

    Threshold setting strategies for a quantized total power radiometer

  • Author

    Lehtomäki, Janne J. ; Juntti, Markku ; SAARNISAARI, Harri ; Koivu, Sami

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Wireless Commun., Univ. of Oulu, Finland
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    796
  • Lastpage
    799
  • Abstract
    We analyze the impact of a uniform quantizer on the false-alarm probability of a total power radiometer. Different possibilities to set the detection threshold are discussed. The main emphasis is on methods that use the estimated noise level. In particular, we analyze the cell-averaging (CA) constant false-alarm rate threshold setting strategy. The numerical results show that the CA strategy offers the desired false-alarm probability.
  • Keywords
    noise measurement; probability; quantisation (signal); radiometers; signal detection; cell-averaging constant; false-alarm probability; noise level estimation; power radiometer; signal detection; threshold setting strategy; uniform quantizer; Detectors; Helium; Monitoring; Noise level; Probability; Quantization; Radiometry; Signal detection; Signal processing; Statistics; Constant false-alarm rate (CFAR); detection threshold; quantization; radiometer; signal detection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Signal Processing Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-9908
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LSP.2005.855521
  • Filename
    1518904