A Fast and Accurate Single Frequency Estimator

Authors

Steven Kay, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

1-1-1989

Abstract

A new frequency estimator for a single complex sinusoid in complex white Gaussian noise is proposed. The estimator is more computationally efficient than the optimal maximum likelihood estimator yet attains as good performance at moderately high signal-to-noise ratios. Also, the estimator is shown to be related to the linear prediction estimator. This relationship is exploited to reveal why the linear prediction estimator does not attain the Cramer-Rao bound even at high signal-to-noise ratios. © 1989 IEEE

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing

Volume

37

Issue

12

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Kay, Steven. "A Fast and Accurate Single Frequency Estimator." IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing 37, 12 (1989): 1987-1990. doi: 10.1109/29.45547.