scholarly journals A Local Search Maximum Likelihood Parameter Estimator of Chirp Signal

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 673
Author(s):  
Guangli Ben ◽  
Xifeng Zheng ◽  
Yongcheng Wang ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Xin Zhang

A local search Maximum Likelihood (ML) parameter estimator for mono-component chirp signal in low Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) conditions is proposed in this paper. The approach combines a deep learning denoising method with a two-step parameter estimator. The denoiser utilizes residual learning assisted Denoising Convolutional Neural Network (DnCNN) to recover the structured signal component, which is used to denoise the original observations. Following the denoising step, we employ a coarse parameter estimator, which is based on the Time-Frequency (TF) distribution, to the denoised signal for approximate estimation of parameters. Then around the coarse results, we do a local search by using the ML technique to achieve fine estimation. Numerical results show that the proposed approach outperforms several methods in terms of parameter estimation accuracy and efficiency.

2015 ◽  
Vol 734 ◽  
pp. 586-589
Author(s):  
Shuang Shuang He ◽  
Yuan Yuan Jiang ◽  
Jin Yan Zheng

To improve image quality and a higher level of follow-up image process needed, it's of great importance to do the image denoising process first. A new image denoising method in two-dimensional (2-D) fractional time-frequency domain is proposed in this paper. Through the realization of 2-D fractional wavelet transform algorithm, the 2-D fractional wavelet transform theory is applied to image denoising, and compare with image denoising method based on 2-D wavelet transform. A large number of image denoising simulation studies have shown that, the Peak Signal to Noise Ratio of output images based on the proposed method can be effectively improved, and preserve detail information effectively and reduce the noise at the same time. It proved 2-D fractional wavelet transform is a new and effective time-frequency domain image denoising method.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-E Song ◽  
Xiao-Yan Zhang ◽  
Chun-Heng Shang ◽  
Hong-Xia Bu ◽  
Xiao-Yan Wang

The Wigner-Ville distribution (WVD) based on the linear canonical transform (LCT) (WDL) not only has the advantages of the LCT but also has the good properties of WVD. In this paper, some new and important properties of the WDL are derived, and the relationships between WDL and some other time-frequency distributions are discussed, such as the ambiguity function based on LCT (LCTAF), the short-time Fourier transform (STFT), and the wavelet transform (WT). The WDLs of some signals are also deduced. A novel definition of the WVD based on the LCT and generalized instantaneous autocorrelation function (GWDL) is proposed and its applications in the estimation of parameters for QFM signals are also discussed. The GWDL of the QFM signal generates an impulse and the third-order phase coefficient of QFM signal can be estimated in accordance with the position information of such impulse. The proposed algorithm is fast because it only requires 1-dimensional maximization. Also the new algorithm only has fourth-order nonlinearity thus it has accurate estimation and low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) threshold. The simulation results are provided to support the theoretical results.


2014 ◽  
Vol 556-562 ◽  
pp. 6328-6331
Author(s):  
Su Zhen Shi ◽  
Yi Chen Zhao ◽  
Li Biao Yang ◽  
Yao Tang ◽  
Juan Li

The LIFT technology has applied in process of denoising to ensure the imaging precision of minor faults and structure in 3D coalfield seismic processing. The paper focused on the denoising process in two study areas where the LIFT technology is used. The separation of signal and noise is done firstly. Then denoising would be done in the noise data. The Data of weak effective signal that is from the noise data could be blended with the original effective signal to reconstruct the denoising data, so the result which has high signal-to-noise ratio and preserved amplitude is acquired. Thus the fact shows that LIFT is an effective denoising method for 3D seismic in coalfield and could be used widely in other work area.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi An ◽  
Zi-shu He ◽  
Hui-yong Li ◽  
Yong-hua Li

Promptitude and accuracy of signals’ non-data-aided (NDA) identification is one of the key technology demands in noncooperative wireless communication network, especially in information monitoring and other electronic warfare. Based on this background, this paper proposes a new signal classifier for phase shift keying (PSK) signals. The periodicity of signal’s phase is utilized as the assorted character, with which a fractional function is constituted for phase clustering. Classification and the modulation order of intercepted signals can be achieved through its Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) of the phase clustering function. Frequency offset is also considered for practical conditions. The accuracy of frequency offset estimation has a direct impact on its correction. Thus, a feasible solution is supplied. In this paper, an advanced estimator is proposed for estimating the frequency offset and balancing estimation accuracy and range under low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) conditions. The influence on estimation range brought by the maximum correlation interval is removed through the differential operation of the autocorrelation of the normalized baseband signal raised to the power ofQ. Then, a weighted summation is adopted for an effective frequency estimation. Details of equations and relevant simulations are subsequently presented. The estimator proposed can reach an estimation accuracy of10-4even when the SNR is as low as-15 dB. Analytical formulas are expressed, and the corresponding simulations illustrate that the classifier proposed is more efficient than its counterparts even at low SNRs.


Geophysics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-62
Author(s):  
Wencheng Yang ◽  
Xiao Li ◽  
Yibo Wang ◽  
Yue Zheng ◽  
Peng Guo

As a key monitoring method, the acoustic emission (AE) technique has played a critical role in characterizing the fracturing process of laboratory rock mechanics experiments. However, this method is limited by low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) because of a large amount of noise in the measurement and environment and inaccurate AE location. Furthermore, it is difficult to distinguish two or more hits because their arrival times are very close when AE signals are mixed with the strong background noise. Thus, we propose a new method for detecting weak AE signals using the mathematical morphology character correlation of the time-frequency spectrum. The character in all hits of an AE event can be extracted from time-frequency spectra based on the theory of mathematical morphology. Through synthetic and real data experiments, we determined that this method accurately identifies weak AE signals. Compared with conventional methods, the proposed approach can detect AE signals with a lower SNR.


Author(s):  
Feng Bao ◽  
Waleed H. Abdulla

In computational auditory scene analysis, the accurate estimation of binary mask or ratio mask plays a key role in noise masking. An inaccurate estimation often leads to some artifacts and temporal discontinuity in the synthesized speech. To overcome this problem, we propose a new ratio mask estimation method in terms of Wiener filtering in each Gammatone channel. In the reconstruction of Wiener filter, we utilize the relationship of the speech and noise power spectra in each Gammatone channel to build the objective function for the convex optimization of speech power. To improve the accuracy of estimation, the estimated ratio mask is further modified based on its adjacent time–frequency units, and then smoothed by interpolating with the estimated binary masks. The objective tests including the signal-to-noise ratio improvement, spectral distortion and intelligibility, and subjective listening test demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method compared with the reference methods.


2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANOUAR BEN MABROUK ◽  
HEDI KORTAS ◽  
SAMIR BEN AMMOU

In this paper, fractional integrating dynamics in the return and the volatility series of stock market indices are investigated. The investigation is conducted using wavelet ordinary least squares, wavelet weighted least squares and the approximate Maximum Likelihood estimator. It is shown that the long memory property in stock returns is approximately associated with emerging markets rather than developed ones while strong evidence of long range dependence is found for all volatility series. The relevance of the wavelet-based estimators, especially, the approximate Maximum Likelihood and the weighted least squares techniques is proved in terms of stability and estimation accuracy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Parfenov ◽  
D. Y. Golovanov

An algorithm for estimating time positions and amplitudes of a periodic pulse sequence from a small number of samples was proposed. The number of these samples was determined only by the number of pulses. The performance of this algorithm was considered on the assumption that the spectrum of the original signal is limited with an ideal low-pass filter or the Nyquist filter, and conditions for the conversion from one filter to the other were determined. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm was investigated through analyzing in which way the dispersion of estimates of time positions and amplitudes depends on the signal-to-noise ratio and on the number of pulses in the sequence. It was shown that, from this point of view, the efficiency of the algorithm decreases with increasing number of sequence pulses. Besides, the efficiency of the proposed algorithm decreases with decreasing signal-to-noise ratio.It was found that, unlike the classical maximum likelihood algorithm, the proposed algorithm does not require a search for the maximum of a multivariable function, meanwhile characteristics of the estimates are practically the same for both these methods. Also, it was shown that the estimation accuracy of the proposed algorithm can be increased by an insignificant increase in the number of signal samples.The results obtained may be used in the practical design of laser communication systems, in which the multipulse pulse-position modulation is used for message transmission. 


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