Testing Equality of Multiple Power Spectral Densities

TitleTesting Equality of Multiple Power Spectral Densities
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsRamírez, D., D. Romero, J. Vía, R. López-Valcarce, and I. Santamaría
JournalIEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Volume66
Issue23
Pagination6268-6280
Month PublishedDecember
ISSN1053-587X
AbstractThis work studies the existence of optimal invariant detectors for determining whether P multivariate processes have the same power spectral density (PSD). This problem finds application in multiple fields, including physical layer security and cognitive radio. For Gaussian observations, we prove that the optimal invariant detector, i.e., the uniformly most powerful invariant test (UMPIT), does not exist. Additionally, we consider the challenging case of close hypotheses, where we study the existence of the locally most powerful invariant test (LMPIT). The LMPIT is obtained in closed form only for univariate signals. In the multivariate case, it is shown that the LMPIT does not exist. However, the corresponding proof naturally suggests one LMPITinspired detector, which outperforms previously proposed detectors.
DOI10.1109/TSP.2018.2875884