RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SADDLEPOINT APPROXIMATION AND THE MODIFIED CHERNOFF BOUND

被引:23
作者
SCHUMACHER, K [1 ]
OREILLY, JJ [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WALES,SCH ELECTR ENGN,BANGOR LL57 1UT,GWYNEDD,WALES
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10.1109/26.48882
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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Two methods used for performance assessment of communication systems, the saddlepoint approximation and modified Chernoff bound, are compared and their close mathematical relationship is highlighted. For the particular, and practically important case of optical communication where the approximation is known to be extremely precise an analytical expression for the bound tightness is derived. © 1990, IEEE.
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