ANALYSIS OF TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOCORRELATION ESTIMATES FROM CLIPPED DATA

We analyze a series of techniques for obtaining estimates of the autoc orrelation function that can be applied to clipped data. The direct au tocorrelation of clipped data is the simplest technique and provides r esults that are the same as or better than those from other methods. I t is also shown that it is not possible to obtain the theoretical auto correlation function of the signal when clipped data are used.