• DocumentCode
    915615
  • Title

    Approximations for lognormally fading optical signals

  • Author

    Clark, John R. ; Karp, Sherman

  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1970
  • Firstpage
    1964
  • Lastpage
    1965
  • Abstract
    A lognormally distributed random variable can be used to approximate accurately a noncentral chi-square random variable, This letter uses this result to approximate the photoelectron count distribution of a lognormally fading optical signal.
  • Keywords
    Commutation; Fading; Frequency; Machinery; Photodetectors; Polynomials; Random variables; Rotors; Upper bound;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1970.8077
  • Filename
    1450007