Study of L0-norm constraint normalized subband adaptive filtering algorithm

Limited by fixed step-size and sparsity penalty factor, the conventional sparsity-aware normalized subband adaptive filtering (NSAF) type algorithms suffer from trade-off requirements of high filtering accurateness and quicker convergence behavior. To deal with this problem, this paper proposes variable step-size L0-norm constraint NSAF algorithms (VSS-L0-NSAFs) for sparse system identification. We first analyze mean-square-deviation (MSD) statistics behavior of the L0-NSAF algorithm innovatively in according to a novel recursion form and arrive at corresponding expressions for the cases that background noise variance is available and unavailable, where correlation degree of system input is indicated by scaling parameter r. Based on derivations, we develop an effective variable step-size scheme through minimizing the upper bounds of the MSD under some reasonable assumptions and lemma. To realize performance improvement, an effective reset strategy is incorporated into presented algorithms to tackle with non-stationary situations. Finally, numerical simulations corroborate that the proposed algorithms achieve better performance in terms of estimation accurateness and tracking capability in comparison with existing related algorithms in sparse system identification and adaptive echo cancellation circumstances.Comment: 15 pages,15 figure

Subband Adaptive Modeling of Digital Hearing Aids

In this thesis, the application of a subband adaptive model to characterize compression behaviour of five digital hearing aids is investigated. Using a signal-to-error ratio metric, modeling performance is determined by varying the number of analysis bands in the subband structure as well as consideration of three adaptive algorithms. The normalized least mean-squares (NLMS), the affine projection algorithm (APA), and the recursive least-squares (RLS) algorithms are employed using a range of parameters to determine the impact on modeling performance. Using the subband adaptive model to estimate the time-varying frequency response of each hearing aid allows the Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) mean-opinion score (MOS) to be computed. The PESQ MOS facilitates an estimation of a subjective assessment of speech quality using an objective score. Initial results suggest the PESQ MOS score is able to differentiate speech processed by hearing aids allowing them to be ranked accordingly. Further work is required to obtain subjective assessments of the processed speech signals and determine if possible correlations exist

multi-band acoustic echo canceller

Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-69).by Mingxi Fan.S.B.and M.Eng

Performance improvement of adaptive filters for echo cancellation applications

This work focuses on performance improvement of adaptive algorithms for both line and acoustic echo cancellation applications. Echo in telephone networks, Line Echo, is observed naturally due to impedance mismatches at the long-distance/local-loop interface. Acoustic echo is due to the acoustic coupling between the microphone and the speaker of a speakerphone. The Affine Projection (APA) and the Fast Affine Projection (FAP) algorithms are two examples of reliable and efficient adaptive filters used for echo cancellation...This thesis presents, Variable Regularized Fast Affine Projections (VR-FAP) algorithm, with a varying, optimal regularization value which provides the desirable property of both fast and low misadjustment of the filter --Abstract, page iii

Acoustic Echo Cancellation and their Application in ADF

In this paper, we present an overview of the principal, structure and the application of the echo cancellation and kind of application to improve the performance of the systems. Echo is a process in which a delayed and distorted version o the original sound or voice signal is reflected back to the source. For the acoustic echo canceller much and more study are required to make the good tracking speed fast and reduce the computational complexity. Due to the increasing the processing requirement, widespread implementation had to wait for advances in LSI, VLSI echo canceller appeared. DOI: 10.17762/ijritcc2321-8169.150513