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Apparatus and method for convergence control

US8600040B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 2011
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L2021/02082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Regardless of the presence of echo or uplink speech, a microphone signal is received at a small filter and this small filter is functionally and/or physically separate from an adaptive echo canceller filter. The signal is applied to the small filter and an error signal is determined from the signal utilizing the small filter. The small filter continuously adapts the received signals. A first adaptation factor is determined based at least upon the error signal and the microphone signal according to a first signal analysis approach and a second adaptation factor is determined based at least upon the microphone signal according to a second signal analysis approach. The first adaption factor is compared to the second adaptation factor and one of the first adaptation factor or the second adaptation factor is selected based upon at least one predetermined criteria. The selected adaptation factor is applied to the echo canceller filer to control the convergence of the echo canceller filter.

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