Title :
Rank-order statistics for optimum detection of binary signals in the presence of white noise and dc drift (Corresp.)
fDate :
5/1/1970 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The well-known technique of detecting binary pulses in white noise and unknown dc drift by means of a high-pass filter followed by a bit-by-bit detector is not theoretically optimum. The optimum procedure is shown to require a rank-ordering operation on the received data.
Keywords :
Maximum-likelihood detection; Additive white noise; DC generators; Detectors; Filters; Maximum likelihood detection; Memoryless systems; Power generation economics; Signal detection; Statistics; White noise;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIT.1970.1054462
