Echo Canceller with Improved Performance in Noisy Environments

잡음에 강인한 반향 제거기 연구

  • Published : 2003.05.01

Abstract

Conventional acoustic echo cancellers using ES algorithm have simple structure and fast convergence speed compared with those using NLMS algorithm, but they are very weak to external noise because ES algorithm updates the adaptive filter taps based on average energy reduction rate of room impulse response in specific acoustical condition. To solve this problem, in this paper, a new update algorithm for acoustic echo canceller with stepsize matrix generator is proposed. A set of stepsizes is determined based on residual error energy which is estimated by two moving average operators, and applied to the echo canceller in matrix from, resulting in improved convergence speed. Simulations in various noise condition show that the proposed algorithm improves the robustness of acoustic echo canceller to external noise.

ES (Exponentially-weighted stepsize) 알고리즘을 이용한 기존의 음향반향 제거기는 동작구조가 간단하고 NLMS (Normalized Least-Mean Square) 알고리즘에 비해 빠른 수렴 속도를 가지지만, 특정 음향학적 조건에서 결정된 공간 임펄스 응답의 평균에너지 감쇠율을 이용해 적응 필터의 탭을 갱신하므로 외부잡음에 약한 문제점을 가진다. 본 논문에서는 행렬형 계수조절 파라미터 생성기를 추가하여 외부 잡음에 강인한 새로운 구조의 음향 반향 제거기를 제안한다. 두 개의 이동 평균기를 이용해 잔여 에러량의 에너지 값을 추정하고 이로부터 계수조절 파라미터를 결정하며, 이를 음향 반향 제거기에 행렬형으로 적용하여 외부잡음에 대하여 빠른 수렴 속도를 가지게 한다. 다양한 외부 잡음 조건에 대하여 성능을 측정한 결과, 제안된 행렬형 계수조절 파라미터 생성기에 의하여 외부 잡음에 대한 음향 반향 제거기의 강인함이 향상되는 것을 확인하였다.

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