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
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