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Spectral estimation utilizing a minimum free energy method with recursive reflection coefficients

US5068597A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 1989
Grant dateNov 26, 1991
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S13/9027
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for rapidly estimating power spectral density components .rho.(f) in the spectrum of an input signal, by first digitizing the input signal over a selected time interval at a selected sample rate; computing an m-th order prediction error energy as an arithmetic mean of forward and backward prediction error energies; and then computing an m-th order prediction error power from a previous reflection coefficient .GAMMA. computation. A control parameter .alpha. is generated; using .alpha. and .GAMMA., an m-th order entropy H and free energy F are then computed, from which is computed m-th order reflection coefficients as extremes of the m-th order Free energy. If the proper extremes are not found, new feedback for the (m+1)-st order solution is generated. If the proper extremes are found, the spectral components are computed and recorded.

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