Method and apparatus for signal noise control

Pulse or digital communications – Receivers – Interference or noise reduction

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C375S229000, C375S316000, C375S350000

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ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention relates to noise control of one or more signals. In one embodiment, impulsive-type noise events, such as multipath noise events or pops, may be detected and suppressed to reduce signal distortion. For example, in one embodiment related to a radio receiver (100), a predictor (436) having an adaptive filter (402) is used in combination with a fast attack slow decay mechanism (434) to provide noise control signals (352, 358) which may then be used to suppress noise events. In one embodiment, the fast attack slow decay mechanism includes applying a wide bandwidth filter at the onset of a noise event to quickly track variations in an error signal and applying a narrow wide bandwidth filter a peak of the noise event is detected in order to smooth variations in the error signal (410). This allows for improved psycho-acoustic perception. In one embodiment, the radio receiver is a mobile radio receiver.

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