Receiver noise errors are of two connected types

Evidence

Noise is a property of the communication channel, and such noise contributes to decoding the signal by the receiver. Errors can occur in the transmission of the signal but also at the reception. At the receiver, errors may be of two types: an error in discriminating between a perturbation and a real signal and an error in not distinguishing variation in signals. The two errors are connected. For instance, random degradation of a signal during the transmission increases the second error. The capacity to discriminate relevant variations in signals decreases with the distance between source and receiver. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology, 548

Categorization

• DEFINE: Useful definitional grounding: the distinction between discriminating signal-from-perturbation vs differentiating among signals maps onto detection versus discrimination in acoustic analysis.
• XREF: connects to: Sound degradation has three measurable concurrent aspects en route through habitat — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 662; Animals besides humans can solve the cocktail party problem. — Almo Farina, Soundscape Ecology: Principles,…, 1410; Bass level errors cause perceived treble excess and vice versa — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1557 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Internal listener noise rises steeply as signal-to-noise ratio worsens #expands (0.80) — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5624
• Bass level errors cause perceived treble excess and vice versa #expands (0.72) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1557