NTIA Report TR-83-120

Optimum Reception in the Non-Gaussian Electromagnetic Interference Environments: II. Optimum and Suboptimum Threshold Signal Detection in Class A and B Noise

May 1983

D. Middleton, A. D. Spaulding

Abstract

Keywords: threshold signal detection; optimum threshold detection algorithms; performance measures; performance comparisons; electromagnetic interference environments (EMI); suboptimum detectors; locally optimum and asymptotically optimum algorithms; Class A, B noise; correlation detectors; clipper-correlators; error probabilities; minimum detectable signals; processing gain; bias; EMI scenarios; composite threshold detection algorithms; on-off binary signal detection; non-gaussian noise and interference

• Complete Report (20.5 MB)

• Title page, Preface, Table of Contents, List of Figures, List of Tables, Page 1 – 25 (5.4 MB)

• Pages 26 – 70 (5.7 MB)

• Pages 71 – 115 (5.7 MB)

• Pages 116 – 170 (5.6 MB)

• Pages 171 – 215 (5.7 MB)

• Pages 216 – 264 (5.8 MB)

• Pages 265 – 313 (5.8 MB)

• Pages 314 – 331

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