Title :
Extraction of decision level for envelope-detected amplitude-shift keying
Author :
Hodgkiss, William
Author_Institution :
Imperial College of Science & Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, London, UK
Abstract :
The optimum decision level for envelope-detected on/off amplitude-shift keying (ASK) in Gaussian noise is a complex function of the signal/noise ratio. A practical method is described which allows the decision threshold to be automatically extracted from the values at the decision instants of the binary levels.
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; random noise; Gaussian noise; communications techniques; envelope-detected amplitude-shift keying; optimum decision level; signal processing; signal to noise ratio;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810615