• DocumentCode
    763891
  • Title

    A simple upper bound on the error probability for orthogonal signals in white noise

  • Author

    Hughes, Linda W.

  • Author_Institution
    Coleman Res. Corp., Laurel, MD, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    670
  • Abstract
    A simple upper bound on the error probability for the problem of optimum detection of M equal-energy equiprobable orthogonal signals in additive white Gaussian noise is derived. This new bound is always less than or equal to the union bound and is equally simple
  • Keywords
    error statistics; signal detection; white noise; additive white Gaussian noise; equal-energy equiprobable orthogonal signals; error probability; optimum detection; union bound; upper bound; Additive white noise; Density functional theory; Distribution functions; Error probability; Gaussian noise; Random variables; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Upper bound; White noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/26.141419
  • Filename
    141419