• DocumentCode
    1190807
  • Title

    A lower-bound for the error-variance of maximum-likelihood delay estimates of discontinuous pulse waveforms

  • Author

    Kosbar, K.L. ; Polydoros, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Missouri-Rolla Univ., MO, USA
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    451
  • Lastpage
    457
  • Abstract
    A new lower bound is developed for the error variance of maximum-likelihood time-delay estimation when the received signal is a square pulse, corrupted by additive white Gaussian noise. The bound is generated by combining concepts previously developed for a special class of stochastic processes, induced by the signal model. For moderate signal to noise ratios, the new bound is significantly tighter than previously known ones.<>
  • Keywords
    delays; information theory; parameter estimation; signal processing; AWGN; MLE; additive white Gaussian noise; discontinuous pulse waveforms; error-variance; lower-bound; maximum-likelihood delay estimates; signal model; square pulse; stochastic processes; AWGN; Additive white noise; Delay estimation; Maximum likelihood estimation; Propagation delay; Pulse modulation; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio; Stochastic processes; Wideband;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9448
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/18.119703
  • Filename
    119703