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The classical spectrum analysis methods utilize window functions to reduce the masking effect of a strong spectral component over weaker components. The main cost of side-lobe reduction is the reduction of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) level…
Standard apodization methods suppress side lobes but increase FWHM, reducing lateral resolution. Grating lobes can interfere with the main lobe, introducing artifacts in ultrasound images. A simple mathematical apodization function is…
This paper will design non-linear frequency modulation (NLFM) signal for Chebyshev, Kaiser, Taylor, and raised-cosine power spectral densities (PSDs). Then, the variation of peak sidelobe level with regard to mainlobe width for these four…
Music analysis applications demand algorithms that can provide both high time and frequency resolution while minimizing noise in an already-noisy signal. Real-time analysis additionally demands low latency and low computational…
Processing of speech and audio signals with time-frequency representations require windowing methods which allow perfect reconstruction of the original signal and where processing artifacts have a predictable behavior. The most common…
The sinc function is often used as the basis for the design of discrete linear-phase FIR filters. However the Fourier transform of the truncated sinc function exhibits ripple in the pass band due to the Gibbs phenomenon. This paper…
This paper presents the characterization of the in-flight beams, the beam window functions, and the associated uncertainties for the Planck Low Frequency Instrument (LFI). The structure of the paper is similar to that presented in the 2013…
Near-field beamforming enables target discrimination in both range (axial) and angle (lateral) dimensions. Elevated sidelobes along either dimension, however, increase susceptibility to interference and degrade detection performance.…
Perceptive mobile networks (PMN) have been widely recognized as a pivotal pillar for the sixth generation (6G) mobile communication systems. However, the asynchronicity between transmitters and receivers results in velocity and range…
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems have been widely used as a communication system. In OFDM systems, there are two main problems. One of them is that OFDM signals have high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR). The…
A new variable-width window is presented and compared with several other windows, both of variable and fixed widths. The comparison focuses on sensitivity and dynamic range. The equivalent noise bandwidth or ENBW (or rather, its reciprocal)…
In this paper, a phase improvement algorithm has been developed to design the nonlinear frequency modulated (NLFM) signal for the four windows of Raised-Cosine, Taylor, Chebyshev, and Kaiser. We have already designed NLFM signal by…
In this paper, we propose a movable antenna (MA)-enabled frequency-hopping (FH) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar system and investigate its sensing resolution. Specifically, we derive the expression of the ambiguity function and…
The Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is widely utilized for signal analysis but is plagued by spectral leakage, leading to inaccuracies in signal approximation. Window functions play a crucial role in mitigating spectral leakage by…
CEA/IRFM is conducting R\&D efforts in order to validate the critical RF components of the 5 GHz ITER LHCD system, which is expected to transmit 20 MW of RF power to the plasma. Two 5 GHz 500 kW BeO pill-box type window prototypes have been…
High sidelobe level is a major disadvantage of the Capon beamforming. To suppress the sidelobe, this paper introduces a mainlobe to sidelobe power ratio constraint to the Capon beamforming. it minimizes the sidelobe power while keeping the…
We present a systematic analysis on the performance of a phonetic recogniser when the window of input features is not symmetric with respect to the current frame. The recogniser is based on Context Dependent Deep Neural Networks (CD-DNNs)…
Thermal noise generally greatly exceeds quantum noise in optomechanical devices unless the mechanical frequency is very high or the thermodynamic temperature is very low. This paper addresses the design concept for a novel optomechanical…
Low latency models are critical for real-time speech enhancement applications, such as hearing aids and hearables. However, the sub-millisecond latency space for resource-constrained hearables remains underexplored. We demonstrate speech…
The domestic windows in the exterior building facade play a significant role in sound insulation against outdoor airborne noise. The prediction of their acoustic performances is classically carried out in laboratory according to standard…