On-line bit error rate estimator

Details On-line bit error rate estimator On-line bit error rate estimator

1979-01-24

1980-11-18

Atkinson, Charles E.

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307358, 361 91, 375 99, H03K 1332, G06F 1100

Patent

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042349540

ABSTRACT:
This on-line circuit estimates the bit error rate (BER) of a binary data signal stream in the presence of noise uncorrelated with the signal. For a binary data signal having two states, e.g., plus V and minus V biased around a specified reference level (REF), the circuit counts the number of instances in which the received signal deviates more than 2V from the reference level. This accumulated count gives an accurate estimate of the BER over several orders of magnitude variation of the BER. One embodiment counts just the deviations in a positive direction. This circuit functions independently of any bit pattern and can be used for on-line monitoring without decreasing the information carrying capability of the link. The time required to accumulate a statistically significant sample is the same as for a direct comparison between sent and received bits.

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