• DocumentCode
    868627
  • Title

    A low bias algorithm to estimate negative SNRs in an AWGN channel

  • Author

    Li, Bin ; DiFazio, Robert ; Zeira, Ariela

  • Author_Institution
    InterDigital Commun. Corp., Melville, NY, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    469
  • Lastpage
    471
  • Abstract
    Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is an important parameter in many receivers. In this letter, we derive a maximum-likelihood estimate of the amplitude of a binary phase-shift keying modulated signal and develop an iterative SNR search algorithm. Low bias is achieved for low SNR.
  • Keywords
    AWGN channels; amplitude estimation; differential phase shift keying; iterative methods; maximum likelihood estimation; mean square error methods; AWGN channel; BPSK modulated signal; SNR estimation; amplitude estimation; binary phase-shift keying; iterative SNR search algorithm; low bias algorithm; maximum-likelihood estimate; signal-to-noise ratio; AWGN channels; Amplitude estimation; Amplitude modulation; Binary phase shift keying; Iterative algorithms; Maximum likelihood estimation; Phase estimation; Phase modulation; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7798
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LCOMM.2002.805546
  • Filename
    1049146