Convolutive Transfer Function Generalized Sidelobe Canceler

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1420-1434

  Talmon, Ronen ^a   Cohen, Israel ^a   Gannot, Sharon ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive signal processing; array signal processing; beamforming; generalized sidelobe canceler (GSC); linearly constrained minimum variance (LCMV); microphone arrays; minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR); noise reduction; speech enhancement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008053938     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: 15587924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASL.2009.2020891     Document Type: Article

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