Patent ID: 7987395

Claim:
A random error distribution evaluation method of a random error distribution evaluation apparatus for evaluating conformity of error distribution of a digital signal to Poisson distribution, wherein the digital signal includes error data which randomly generated at a predetermined error rate in the digital signal, the method comprising: dividing the digital signal into n number of measurement units, the n number of the measurement units being determined based on the error rate, acquiring the measurement units corresponding to a sample number set in advance, and storing the acquired measurements units in a storage section of the random error distribution evaluation apparatus; measuring a number of errors contained in each of the measurement units corresponding to a sample number as a measurement value; calculating an average measurement value of the measured measurement values of the measurement units; calculating a number of times of occurrence of each measurement value from the measured measurement values of the measurement units; calculating a Poisson distribution function, in which each measurement value is used as a variable, by using the calculated average measurement value; calculating an expected value of a number of times of occurrence for each measurement value from a corresponding function value of each measurement value of the calculated Poisson distribution function; calculating for each measurement value, a deviation of the number of times of occurrence of the measurement value from the expected value of the measurement value, and calculating a chi-square value distribution function integrating the calculated deviation in each measurement value; calculating a target chi-square value corresponding to a designated significance level in a chi-square distribution function determined bye degree or degrees of freedom obtained from a total number of the measurement values; determining that the error distribution of the digital signal conforms to the Poisson distribution when the calculated chi-square value is smaller than the target chi-square value; and displaying on a display section of the random error distribution evaluation apparatus a result based on said determination.