Title :
An automated method for BER characteristics measurement
Author :
Berber, Stevan M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Traditionally, the bit error rate (BER) characteristics were measured for a certain number of bit-energy-to-noise ratio ( Eb/No). For each point, a sample of r bits is used, which depends on the expected BER value. The smaller BER value, the bigger the sample r. Thus, to obtain the same accuracy at each point, a method of trial and error should be used. Therefore, this method extends the time of measurement and measures BER values at all points with different accuracy. This paper presents a method which allows the automated and accurate measurement of the BER characteristics at a number of points with equal accuracy at each point by using the minimum sample size r. The method is tested by measuring BER characteristics of an FFSK modem.
Keywords :
error statistics; frequency shift keying; modems; programmable logic devices; BER characteristic accurate measurement; BER characteristic automated measurement; BER characteristics measurement; BER measurement; Eb/No; FFSK modem; bit error rate; bit-energy-to-noise ratio; time efficiency; Bit error rate; Density measurement; Error probability; Modems; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Random variables; Size measurement; Testing; Time measurement;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TIM.2003.820492