Title
A Bit Error Rate Monitor for Digital PSK Links
Abstract
This study is concerned with the problem of monitoring the performance of communication links, as indicated by bit error rate, with the objective of detecting as rapidly as possible failures or extreme degradation caused by any source. The monitoring method is based on the use of an artificial threshold for the decision variable and the generation of a measurable "pseudoerror." The study relates pseudoerror probability to true-error probability for two models-one using an analytical-numerical approach and the other using a Monte Carlo simulation. Variation of the parameters in the models adequately approximates the first-order effects of many types of link failure. The results indicate that a monitor indication based on pseudoerror is feasible and has many desirable properties.
Year
DOI
Venue
1975
10.1109/TCOM.1975.1092835
Communications, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Communication system monitoring,PSK communication
Journal
23
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
0090-6778
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
3.36
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Leon, B.143.36
Hammond, J., Jr.243.36
Vena, P.364.15
Sears, W.E.443.36