Performance of the Optimum and Several Suboptimum Receivers for Threshold Detection of Known Signals in Additive, White, Non-Gaussian Noise

Abstract

The optimum and several suboptimum receivers for the detection of known signals in additive, white, non-Gaussian noise are identified. The performance of these nonlinear receivers is parametrically compared with the optimum Gaussian receiver using Middleton's Class B Noise Model. The performance of the extremely low frequency (ELF) receiver for the Propagation Validation System is shown to be within 0.5 dB of the optimum for high-level ELF noise.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 24, 1980
Accession Number
ADA094266

Entities

People

  • Raymond F. Ingram
  • Robert Houle

Organizations

  • Naval Underwater Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Amplitude
  • Asymptotic Series
  • Bandwidth
  • Correlators
  • Detection
  • Dynamic Range
  • Extremely Low Frequency
  • Frequency
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Hypergeometric Functions
  • Noise
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Transfer Functions

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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