Distribution-Free Detection of Communication Signals

Abstract

The report concludes that distribution-free (DF) methods of signal detection can provide a constant false-alarm rate for communications systems. It describes two DF methods which can easily be implemented and analyzed. DF methods are shown to require only slightly higher signal levels (approximately 2-dB SNR) than optimum procedures for which it is assumed that the probability distribution of the data is known.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 02, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734662

Entities

People

  • G. M. Dillard

Organizations

  • Navy Electronics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • False Alarms
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Domain
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Signal Detection
  • Signal Processing
  • Statistics
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Statistical inference.