Fisher information for a complex Gaussian random variable: Beamforming applications for wave propagation in a random medium

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 4236-4248

  Collier, Sandra L ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle of arrival; Atmospheric effects; Complex Gaussian; Cramer Rao lower bound; Estimation; Fisher information; Inhomogeneous media; Outdoor sound propagation; Performance bounds; Random media; Sound propagation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE PROPAGATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; VECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; COMPLEX GAUSSIAN; CRAMER-RAO LOWER BOUND; FISHER INFORMATION; GAUSSIAN RANDOM VARIABLE; OUTDOOR SOUND PROPAGATION;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 27744548282     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2005.857046     Document Type: Article

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