On the determination of the worst sampling error in a communication system for pulse amplitude modulated signals. II: The finite dimensional model (Q1180667)

The paper is dedicated to the problem of optimizing the transmission properties of a Pulse Amplitude Modulation system. The system is disturbed by a random timing jitter in the sampling device which periodically evaluates the continuous output signal at discrete times. The timing jitter is a random variable with unknown probability distribution. The optimization problems turns out to be a minimax problem of the game theory. The paper deals with results obtained if the impulse response of the device is allowed to lie in a certain \(n\)-dimensional subspace of the original space. Writing the minimax problem as a semi- infinite optimization, the number of restrictions reduces from infinity to a number \(s\leq n+1\). A theory of ``uniformly'' singular quadratic forms developed by the author provides statements about the value of \(s\). --- For part I see Appl. Math. Lett. 5, No. 7, 511-523 (1992; Zbl 0756.94002).