On the optimality of equal gain combining for energy detection of unknown signals

In this letter, the optimally of equal gain combining (EGC) for energy detection of unknown signals in a system with receive-diversity is studied. It is shown that EGC results in an optimal test statistic for infinitesimally small signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs); however, it does not yield the optimal test for all SNR values according to the Neyman-Pearson criterion. In other words, EGC does not induce a uniformly most powerful (UMP) test for unknown signal detection

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