Title :
Maximizing signal-to-noise ratio does not guarantee optimum performance
Author :
Middleton, David
Author_Institution :
127 E. 91 Street, New York, NY, USA
fDate :
27 Jun-1 Jul 1994
Abstract :
The common belief that maximizing the input or output signal-to-noise ratio for detection and/or estimation systems (including spatial as well as temporal processing) always yields optimum performance is shown to be erroneous for both the threshold and strong-signal regimes
Keywords :
Acoustic reflection; Counting circuits; Degradation; Limiting; Noise level; Noise measurement; Radar scattering; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Yield estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Trondheim
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2015-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.1994.394997
