Mean-squared error and threshold SNR prediction of maximum-likelihood signal parameter estimation with estimated colored noise covariances

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2146-2164

  Richmond, Christ D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive matched filter; Array; Detection; Direction of arrival; Estimation; Finite sample; Generalized likelihood ratio test; Maximum likelihood; Mean squared error (MSE); Threshold SNR

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ADAPTIVE MATCHED FILTER; COLORED NOISE COVARIANCES; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATORS (MLES); MEAN-SQUARED ERROR (MSE); NOISE COVARIANCE MATRIX; SIGNAL MODEL MISMATCH; SIGNAL PARAMETER ESTIMATION; THRESHOLD SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

INFORMATION THEORY;

EID: 33646071206     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2006.872975     Document Type: Article

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