  We propose a near-optimum receiver for the discrimination of binary
phase-shift-keyed coherent states employing photon-number-resolving detectors.
The receiver exploits a discrimination strategy based on both the so-called
homodyne-like and the direct detection, thus resulting in a hybrid scheme. We
analyse the performance and the robustness of the proposed scheme under
realistic conditions, namely, in the presence of inefficient detection and dark
counts. We show that the present hybrid setup is near-optimum and beats both
the standard-quantum-limit and the performance of the Kennedy receiver.
