Stochastic resonance at phase noise in signal transmission.

A model is developed for a periodic signal corrupted by an arbitrarily distributed phase noise and transmitted by an arbitrary memoryless system. The model establishes a new form of the phenomenon of stochastic resonance, whereby signal transmission can be enhanced by addition of noise. This is revealed by the standard signal-to-noise ratio of stochastic resonance, which here receives an explicit theoretical expression, and which is shown improvable via noise addition. This model is the first to propose a theory of stochastic resonance with phase noise. It represents a unique framework for further investigations on stochastic resonance and its applications.