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September 1, 1974IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Single tone parameter estimation from discrete-time observations

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DRD. C. RifeARUP Laboratories (United States)RBR. BoorstynCore Competence

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Implication

Theoretical analysis reveals efficient maximum-likelihood algorithms for single-tone estimation in noisy discrete signals, highlighting practical implementations via the discrete Fourier transform.

Key Points

  • To derive optimal theoretical bounds and computationally feasible maximum-likelihood estimation algorithms for single-frequency complex tones observed in discrete time with additive noise.
  • Derived analytical Cramér-Rao lower bounds and maximum-likelihood (ML) estimators for tone frequency, amplitude, and phase.
  • Connected the ML estimation formulation directly to the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) to create practical digital algorithms.
  • Simulated algorithm performance to evaluate threshold effects and verify theoretical error bounds.
  • Established exact Cramér-Rao bounds and proved key structural properties of the resulting maximum-likelihood estimators.
  • Demonstrated that DFT-based approximations reliably capture maximum-likelihood performance down to defined signal-to-noise threshold levels.

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Rife et al. (1974) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a107cf0d478ddac0ffd0a56https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.1974.1055282
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