Mixed-state localization operators: Cohen's class and trace class operators

We study mixed-state localization operators from the perspective of Werner's operator convolutions which allows us to extend known results from the rank-one case to trace class operators. The idea of localizing a signal to a domain in phase space is approached from various directions such as bounds on the spreading function, probability densities associated to mixed-state localization operators, positive operator valued measures, positive correspondence rules and variants of Tauberian theorems for operator translates. Our results include a rigorous treatment of multiwindow-STFT filters and a characterization of mixed-state localization operators as positive correspondence rules. Furthermore, we provide a description of the Cohen class in terms of Werner's convolution of operators and deduce consequences on positive Cohen class distributions, an uncertainty principle, uniqueness and phase retrieval for general elements of Cohen's class.Comment: We call generalized localization operators now mixed-state localization operators. In addition to a change of title and other parts involving generalized localization operators. We did a major revision of the manuscript incorporating suggestions by reviewer

Pulse Shaping, Localization and the Approximate Eigenstructure of LTV Channels

In this article we show the relation between the theory of pulse shaping for WSSUS channels and the notion of approximate eigenstructure for time-varying channels. We consider pulse shaping for a general signaling scheme, called Weyl-Heisenberg signaling, which includes OFDM with cyclic prefix and OFDM/OQAM. The pulse design problem in the view of optimal WSSUS--averaged SINR is an interplay between localization and "orthogonality". The localization problem itself can be expressed in terms of eigenvalues of localization operators and is intimately connected to the concept of approximate eigenstructure of LTV channel operators. In fact, on the L_2-level both are equivalent as we will show. The concept of "orthogonality" in turn can be related to notion of tight frames. The right balance between these two sides is still an open problem. However, several statements on achievable values of certain localization measures and fundamental limits on SINR can already be made as will be shown in the paper.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, invited pape

Two Aspects of the Donoho-Stark Uncertainty Principle

We present some forms of uncertainty principle which involve in a new way localization operators, the concept of $\varepsilon$-concentration and the standard deviation of $L^2$ functions. We show how our results improve the classical Donoho-Stark estimate in two different aspects: a better general lower bound and a lower bound in dependence on the signal itself.Comment: 20 page