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Echo cancellers and echo cancelling methods

US8619970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 16, 2010
Grant dateDec 31, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 9, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B3/23
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for updating the adaptive filter of an echo canceller. A method of updating the adaptive filter of an echo canceller in which an estimated echo is resolved from a received signal and then subtracted from an incoming echo-contaminated signal so as to produce a filtered output signal, includes: obtaining a corrected impulse response of an echo reconstruction filter (ERF); calculating specified decision measures usable to decide whether to prospectively apply the corrected ERF impulse response or a current ERF impulse response; determining whether application of the corrected ERF impulse response would result in improved echo cancellation; and updating the ERF to apply the corrected impulse response, when it is determined that the updating would result in a lower residual echo.

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