CONTENTS
PREFACE .............................................................................................. xvii
FREQUENTLY USED SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS.......... xxi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................1
1.1 Signals and Information...................................................................2
1.2 Signal Processing Methods..............................................................3
1.2.1 Non−parametric Signal Processing .....................................3
1.2.2 Model-Based Signal Processing..........................................4
1.2.3 Bayesian Statistical Signal Processing ................................4
1.2.4 Neural Networks..................................................................5
1.3 Applications of Digital Signal Processing .......................................5
1.3.1 Adaptive Noise Cancellation and Noise Reduction ............5
1.3.2 Blind Channel Equalisation.................................................8
1.3.3 Signal Classification and Pattern Recognition ....................9
1.3.4 Linear Prediction Modelling of Speech.............................11
1.3.5 Digital Coding of Audio Signals .......................................12
1.3.6 Detection of Signals in Noise............................................14
1.3.7 Directional Reception of Waves: Beam-forming ..............16
1.3.8 Dolby Noise Reduction .....................................................18
1.3.9 Radar Signal Processing: Doppler Frequency Shift ..........19
1.4 Sampling and Analog–to–Digital Conversion ...............................21
1.4.1 Time-Domain Sampling and Reconstruction of Analog
Signals ..............................................................................22
1.4.2 Quantisation.......................................................................25
Bibliography.........................................................................................27
CHAPTER 2 NOISE AND DISTORTION...........................................29
2.1 Introduction....................................................................................30
2.2 White Noise ...................................................................................31
2.3 Coloured Noise ..............................................................................33
2.4 Impulsive Noise .............................................................................34
2.5 Transient Noise Pulses...................................................................35
2.6 Thermal Noise................................................................................36
