US 7,613,291 B1Granted

Echo path change detection using dual sparse filtering

AssigneeMindspeed Technologies, Inc.

InventorsAdil Benyassine, Carlo Murgia

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Abstract

There is provided a method for use by an echo canceller to detect an echo path change and adjust to the echo path change. The method comprises determining a first bulk delay using a SPARSE foreground adaptive filter; configuring the foreground adaptive filter to an open-loop mode; canceling the echo signal based on the first bulk delay using the foreground adaptive filter; determining a second bulk delay of the echo signal using a SPARSE background adaptive filter; configuring the foreground adaptive filter to a closed-loop mode and continuing to cancel the echo signal based on the first bulk delay; configuring the background adaptive filter to the open-loop mode; measuring echo cancellation performance of the foreground adaptive filter and the background adaptive filter; and changing parameters of the foreground adaptive filter if the echo cancellation performance of the background adaptive filter is better than the foreground adaptive filter.

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A method for use by an echo canceller having a foreground adaptive filter and a background adaptive filter to detect an echo path change and adjust to said echo path change, said method comprising:

determining a first bulk delay of an echo signal using said foreground adaptive filter, said foreground adaptive filter being a SPARSE filter;
configuring said foreground adaptive filter to an open-loop mode;
canceling said echo signal from a local-end signal based on said first bulk delay using said foreground adaptive filter, wherein canceling said echo signal from said local-end signal generates an error signal;
feeding said error signal to both said foreground adaptive filter and said background adaptive filter;
determining a second bulk delay of said echo signal using said background adaptive filter, said background adaptive filter being a SPARSE filter;
configuring said foreground adaptive filter to a closed-loop mode and continuing to cancel said echo signal from said local-end signal based on said first bulk delay;
configuring said background adaptive filter to said open-loop mode;
measuring an echo cancellation performance of said foreground adaptive filter and an echo cancellation performance of said background adaptive filter;
and
changing parameters of said foreground adaptive filter if said measuring determines that said echo cancellation performance of said background adaptive filter is better than said echo cancellation performance of said foreground adaptive filter.

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An echo canceller capable of detecting an echo path change and adjusting to said echo path change, said echo canceller comprising:

a foreground adaptive filter configured to determine a first bulk delay of an echo signal, wherein said foreground adaptive filter is a SPARSE filter, and wherein said foreground adaptive filter is further configured to an open-loop mode, cancels said echo signal from a local-end signal based on said first bulk delay and generates an error signal, and wherein said foreground adaptive filter is configured to a closed-loop mode after being configured to said open-loop mode, and wherein said foreground adaptive filter continues to cancel said echo signal from said local-end signal based on said first bulk delay in said closed-loop mode;
and
a background adaptive filter configured to determine a second bulk delay of said echo signal, wherein said background adaptive filter is a SPARSE filter, and wherein said background adaptive filter is further configured to said open-loop mode after determining said second bulk delay;
wherein said error signal is fed to both said foreground adaptive filter and said background adaptive filter, and wherein said echo canceller measures an echo cancellation performance of said foreground adaptive filter and an echo cancellation performance of said background adaptive filter, and changes parameters of said foreground adaptive filter if said echo canceller determines that said echo cancellation performance of said background adaptive filter is better than said echo cancellation performance of said foreground adaptive filter.

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