A second-order blind equalization method robust to ill-conditioned SIMO FIR channels

This paper deals with blind equalization of single-input–multiple-output (SIMO) finite-impulse-response (FIR) channels driven by i.i.d. signal, by exploiting the second-order statistics (SOS) of the channel outputs. Usually, SOS-based blind equalization is carried out via two stages. In Stage 1, the SIMO FIR channel is estimated using a blind identification method, such as the recently developed truncated transfer matrix (TTM) method. In Stage 2, an equalizer is derived from the estimate of the channel to recover the source signal. However, this type of two-stage approach does not give satisfactory blind equalization result if the channel is ill-conditioned, which is often encountered in practical applications. In this paper, we first show that the TTM method does not work in some situations. Then, we propose a novel SOS-based blind equalization method which can directly estimate the equalizer without knowing the channel impulse responses. The proposed method can obtain the desired equalizer even in the case that the channel is ill-conditioned. The performance of our method is illustrated by numerical simulations and compared with four benchmark methods.     

一种基于清浊音分离的动态阈值小波去噪方法

低信噪比下,传统的小波去噪算法会造成语音信号中有用信息的损失,从而导致去噪性能的下降。针对这一问题,提出了一种基于清浊音分离的动态阈值小波去噪方法。采用谱减法去除部分噪声,再运用短时能量法判别清浊音,有效地降低了误判率;融入了小波包分解法以保护清音部分不被损失;根据各层的分解系数来动态地确定阈值,以避免过平滑真实信号;采用了一种新的阈值函数,有效弥补了软、硬阈值函数在去噪性能上的不足。仿真结果表明,该方法能较好地提高语音信号的重构质量。     

具有非奇异约束的线性卷积混合信号盲分离联合对角化方法

联合对角化能够成功解决盲分离问题, 但在求解时会得到非期望的奇异解, 从而无法完全分离出源信号. 鉴于此, 提出一种用于线性卷积混合盲分离的联合对角化方法, 将卷积混合模型变换为瞬时模型, 并对变换后的模型应用联合对角化求取分离矩阵. 在求解过程中, 引入约束条件对解的范围进行限定, 避免了奇异解的出现. 仿真结果表明, 所提出的方法能够成功实现卷积混合信号盲分离.