Abstract:In view of fact that the product of two Gaussian random variables appears frequently in radar and communication signal processing systems, the phase distribution for the product of two independent complex Gaussian random variables with arbitrary means and variances was investigated. The probability density function (PDF) of the phase was determined in terms of an infinite summation of Kummer functions, and the convergence and convergence rate of the PDF were studied. The derived PDF was used to analyze the performance of a single-antenna M-ary phase-shift-keying(MPSK) communication system with imperfect channel state information. The resulting symbol error probability (SEP) was derived, and finally the derived expressions were verified through numerical experiments.