CHAPTER 5
Random Signals and Noise
Chapter Outline
5.1 Introduction to Probability
5.2 Continuous and Discrete Random Variables
5.3 Cumulative Distribution Function
5.4 Mean and Standard Deviation
5.5 The Histogram, pmf and PDF
5.6 Probability Distribution Functions
Learning Objectives
- Statistical Interpretation of Probabilities
- Mutually Exclusive Events, Statistically Independent Events, and their Relations
- Random Variables—Continuous and Discrete
- Cumulative Distribution Functions and Probability Density Functions
- Means, Standard Deviations, Variations, and their Physical Significances
- Noise in Communication Systems
5.1 Introduction to Probability
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