Signal Processing Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for practitioners of the art and science of signal, image and video processing. It only takes a minute to sign up.
Sign up to join this community
I can show that a process $X(t)$ is Wide Sense stationary (WSS) by showing that $E[X(t)]$ is constant and that its autocorrelation function is in function of $\tau=t_1-t_2$, that is, $R_X(t+\tau,t)=R_X(\tau)$.
My question is:
If $E[X(t)]$ is constant and $R_X(t+\tau,t)=0$ can I say the process is WSS? What does $R_X(t+\tau,t)=0$ mean? Can I say $R_X(t+\tau,t)=0=R_X(\tau)$ and therefore is WSS?
If E[X(t)] is constant and RX(t+τ,t)=0 can I say the process is WSS?
Can I say RX(t+τ,t)=0=RX(τ) and therefore is WSS?
Two times the same question. It fulfills the definition (as you noticed yourself), so why even ask? yes.
What does RX(t+τ,t)=0 mean?
It means the process is uncorrelated ($R_X(\tau \ne 0)=0$), but also that its variance is 0 ($R_X(0) = \sigma_X^2 =0$). There's only one process that fulfills that:
$X(t) = 0$
not a really exciting process, is it?
