• DocumentCode
    939556
  • Title

    Fast measurement of bit error rate in digital links

  • Author

    Popovici, A.C.

  • Author_Institution
    ¿¿cole Polytechnique F¿¿d¿¿rale de Lausanne, Laboratoire de T¿¿l¿¿communications, Departement d´Electricit¿¿, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Volume
    134
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    8/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    439
  • Lastpage
    447
  • Abstract
    A Gaussian regression algorithm is proposed for reducing bit error rate (BER) measurement time and facilitating, by extrapolation, a bit error probability estimation as a function of the signal/noise ratio. The application of this algorithm is illustrated in two BER measurement methods using noise injection or decision threshold level shifting. The overall performance assessment of a system (error probability as a function of the signal/noise ratio and noise standard deviation in the absence and in the presence of the signal) are thus obtained.
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; electric noise measurement; error analysis; error detection; error statistics; interference (signal); measurement errors; BER; Gaussian regression algorithm; bit error probability estimation; bit error rate; decision threshold level shifting; digital links; fast measurement; noise injection; noise standard deviation; performance assessment; signal/noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, Radar and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings F
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-7070
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-f-1.1987.0077
  • Filename
    4647249