DocumentCode
913918
Title
Rank-order statistics for optimum detection of binary signals in the presence of white noise and dc drift (Corresp.)
Author
Butman, S.
Volume
16
Issue
3
fYear
1970
fDate
5/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
348
Lastpage
351
Abstract
The well-known technique of detecting binary pulses in white noise and unknown dc drift by means of a high-pass filter followed by a bit-by-bit detector is not theoretically optimum. The optimum procedure is shown to require a rank-ordering operation on the received data.
Keywords
Maximum-likelihood detection; Additive white noise; DC generators; Detectors; Filters; Maximum likelihood detection; Memoryless systems; Power generation economics; Signal detection; Statistics; White noise;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9448
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1970.1054462
Filename
1054462
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