Signal-to-Noise Ratios Required for Short-Term Narrowband Detection of Gaussian Processes

Abstract

The required signla-to-noise ratios for short-term detection of a narrowband Gaussian signal process in Gaussian noise are computed for false alarm probabilities 10 sup (-n), n = 1(1)8; detection probabilities 0.5, 0.7, 0. 9, 0.99; and observation-time analysis-bandwidth products in the range of 0 to 100. No assumptions are made about Gaussian statistics of the decision variable, or about long observation intervals. It is found that the required signal-to- noise ratios are significantly greater in some cases than those predicted from a simple deflection criterion of system performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 20, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751573

Entities

People

  • Albert H. Nuttall
  • Anthony F. Margaraci

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Commerce
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Gaussian Processes
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Sine Waves
  • Standards
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Statistical inference.