Least-squares linear estimation of signals from observations with Markovian delays

Abstract

The least-squares linear estimation of signals from randomly delayed measurements is addressed when the delay is modeled by a homogeneous Markov chain. To estimate the signal, recursive filtering and fixed-point smoothing algorithms are derived, using an innovation approach, assuming that the covariance functions of the processes involved in the observation equation are known. Recursive formulas for filtering and fixed-point smoothing error covariance matrices are obtained to measure the goodness of the proposed estimators.