Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity

In this article, we consider the design of broadband beamformers with low complexity. In fact, the design problem is multi-objective in nature, trading off between speech distortion and noise suppression. Finding a balance between these two objectives is important in order to achieve a desired sound...

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Main Authors: Feng, Zhi, Yiu, Ka Fai, Teo, Kok Lay, Nordholm, Sven
Format: Journal Article
Published: SpringerOpen 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33863
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author Feng, Zhi
Yiu, Ka Fai
Teo, Kok Lay
Nordholm, Sven
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Teo, Kok Lay
Nordholm, Sven
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description In this article, we consider the design of broadband beamformers with low complexity. In fact, the design problem is multi-objective in nature, trading off between speech distortion and noise suppression. Finding a balance between these two objectives is important in order to achieve a desired sound quality. These measures are introduced as the objectives here. The design can then be obtained via a bi-objective integer programming problem, where the coefficients of the filters are expressed as sums of signed powers-of-two terms. We study two different integer spaces and penalty functions for solving the problem. Then, an algorithm based on a discrete filled function is developed for finding the optimal design. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the algorithm, real data is used and two broadband beamformers are demonstrated.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-338632017-09-13T15:52:03Z Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity Feng, Zhi Yiu, Ka Fai Teo, Kok Lay Nordholm, Sven In this article, we consider the design of broadband beamformers with low complexity. In fact, the design problem is multi-objective in nature, trading off between speech distortion and noise suppression. Finding a balance between these two objectives is important in order to achieve a desired sound quality. These measures are introduced as the objectives here. The design can then be obtained via a bi-objective integer programming problem, where the coefficients of the filters are expressed as sums of signed powers-of-two terms. We study two different integer spaces and penalty functions for solving the problem. Then, an algorithm based on a discrete filled function is developed for finding the optimal design. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the algorithm, real data is used and two broadband beamformers are demonstrated. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33863 10.1186/1687-6180-2012-62 SpringerOpen fulltext
spellingShingle Feng, Zhi
Yiu, Ka Fai
Teo, Kok Lay
Nordholm, Sven
Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title_full Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title_fullStr Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title_full_unstemmed Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title_short Design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
title_sort design of broadband beamformers with low complexity
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33863