An adaptive dual filter echo cancellation method

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H04B 3/23 (2006.01) H04B 17/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2233679

In a dual filter echo cancellation method a new quality measure (q a, q p) provides the basis for a new filter selection and transfer method. The quality measure represents the performance of a filter in the adaptive echo canceller. According to the method, a correlation measure between an echo containing signal and an echo estimation signal produced by said filter is estimated. A power measure of a residual signal, formed by the difference between said echo estimation signal and said echo containing signal, is estimated. The quality measure is calculated by dividing said estimated correlation measure by said estimated power measure. An adaptive and programmable filter is used in the echo cancellation and the quality measures for them both are calculated and compared. The best of the two filters, as determined by the quality measure, is used for modelling the echo path (570, 580) and its filter coefficients are copied to the other filter.

La présente invention concerne un procédé d'annulation d'écho par double filtre mettant en oeuvre une nouvelle procédure de mesure de la qualité (qa, qp) servant de base à une nouvelle technique de sélection et de transfert de filtre, la mesure de la qualité représentant l'efficacité du filtre pour l'annulation adaptative d'écho. Le procédé consiste à effectuer une mesure par corrélation entre un signal chargé d'écho et un signal d'estimation d'écho, puis à mesurer un signal résiduel résultant de la différence entre le signal d'estimation d'écho et le signal chargé d'écho. Pour calculer la mesure de qualité, le procédé consiste alors à diviser par la mesure de puissance obtenue la mesure par corrélation obtenue. Un filtre adaptatif programmable permet ensuite de mesurer et comparer la qualité de chacun des filtres du double filtre. Le meilleur des deux filtres à la mesure de qualité sert à déterminer un gabarit d'écho (570, 580) qui est transféré à l'autre filtre.

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