Audio Signal Processing for Next-Generation Multimedia Communication Systems

Preface. Contributing Authors. 1: Introduction; Yiteng (Arden) Huang, J. Benesty. 1. Multimedia Communications. 2. Challenges and Opportunities. 3. Organization of the Book. I: Speech Acquisition and Enhancement. 2: Differential Microphone Arrays; G.W. Elko. 1. Introduction. 2. Differential Microphone Arrays. 3. Array Directional Gain. 4. Optimal Arrays for Isotropic Fields. 5. Design Examples. 6. Sensitivity to Microphone Mismatch and Noise. 7. Conclusions. 3: Spherical Microphone Arrays for 3D Sound Recording; J. Meyer, G.W. Elko. 1. Introduction. 2. Fundamental Concept. 3. The Eigenbeamformer. 4. Modal-Beamformer. 5. Robustness Measure. 6. Beampattern Design. 7. Measurements. 8. Summary. 9. Appendix A. 4: Subband Noise Reduction Methods for Speech Enhancement; E.J. Diethorn. 1. Introduction. 2. Wiener Filtering. 3. Speech Enhancement by Short-Time Spectral Modification. 4. Averaging Techniques for Envelope Estimation. 5. Example Implementation. 6. Conclusion. II: Acoustic Echo Cancellation. 5: Adaptive Algorithms for MIMO Acoustic Echo Cancellation; J. Benesty, T. Gänsler, Yiteng (Arden) Huang, M. Rupp. 1. Introduction. 2. Normal Equations and Identification of a MIMO System. 3. The Classical and Factorized Multichannel RLS. 4. The Multichannel Fast RLS. 5. The Multichannel LMS Algorithm. 6. The Multichannel APA. 7. The Multichannel Exponentiated Gradient Algorithm. 8. The Multichannel Frequency-domain Adaptive Algorithm. 9. Conclusions. 6: Double-talk Detectors for Acoustic Echo Cancellers; T. Gänsler, J. Benesty. 1. Introduction. 2. Basics of AEC and DTD. 3. Double-talk Detection Algorithms. 4. Comparison of DTDs by Means of the ROC. 5. Discussion. 7: The WinEC: A Real-Time Hands-Free Stereo Communication System; T. Gänsler, V. Fischer, E.J. Diethorn, J. Benesty. 1. Introduction. 2. System Description. 3. Algorithms of the Echo Canceller Module. 4. Residual Echo and Noise Suppression. 5. Simulations. 6. Real-Time Tests with Different Modes of Operation. 7. Discussion. III: Sound Source Tracking and Separation. 8: Time Delay Estimation; Jingdong Chen, Yiteng (Arden) Huang, J. Benesty. 1. Introduction. 2. Signal Models. 3. Generalized Cross-Correlation Method. 4. The Multichannel Cross-Correlation Algorithm. 5. Adaptive Eigenvalue Decomposition Algorithm. 6. Adaptive Multichannel Time Delay Estimation. 7. Experiments. 8. Conclusions. 9: Source Localization; Yiteng (Arden) Huang, J. Benesty, G.W. Elko. 1. Introduction. 2. Source Localization Problem. 3. Measurement Model and Cramèr-Rao lower Bound for Source Localization. 4. Maximum Liklihood Estimator. 5. Least Squares Estimate. 6. Example System Implementation. 7. Source Localization Examples. 8. Conclusions. 10: Blind Source Separation for Convolutive Mixtures: A Unified Treatment; H. Buchner, R. Aichner, W. Kellermann. 1. Introduction. 2. Generic Block Time-Domain BSS Algorithm. 3. Generic Frequency-Domain BSS Algorithm. 4. Weighting Function. 5. Experiments and Results. 6. Conclusions. IV: Audio Coding and Realistic Sound Stage Reproduction. 11: Audio Coding; G. Schuler. 1. Introduction. 2. Psycho-Acoustics. 3. Filter Banks. 4. Current and Basic Coder Structures. 5. Stereo Coding. 6. Low Delay Audio Coding. 7. Conclusions. 12: Sound Field Synthesis; S. Spors, H. Teutsch, A. Kuntz, R. Rabenstein. 1. Introduction. 2. Rendering of Sound Fields with Wave Field Synthesis. 3. Model-Based and Data-Based Rendering. 4. Wave Field Analysis. 5. Loudspeaker and Listening Room Compensation. 6. Description of a Sound Field Transmission System. 7. Summary. 13. Virtual Spatial Sound; C. Avendano. 1. Introduction. 2. Spatial Hearing. 3. Acoustics of Spatial Sound. 4. Virtual Spatial Sound Systems. 5. Conclusions. Index.