Time Delay Estimation Method Based on Canonical Correlation Analysis

摘要

The localization of sources has numerous applications. To find the position of sources, the relative delay between two or more received signals for the direct signal must be determined. The generalized cross-correlation method is the most popular technique; however, an approach based on eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) is another popular one that utilizes the eigenvector of the minimum eigenvalue. The performance of the eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) based method degrades in low SNR and reverberation, because it is difficult to select a single eigenvector for the minimum eigenvalue. In this paper, we propose a new adaptive algorithm based on Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) to extend the operation SNR to the lower SNR and reverberation. The proposed algorithm uses an eigenvector that corresponds to the maximum eigenvalue in the generalized eigenvalue equation (GEVD). The estimated eigenvector contains all required information for time delay estimation. We have performed simulations with uncorrelated, correlated noise and reverberation for several SNRs, to show that time delays can be more accurately estimated (especially for low SNR) a CCA based algorithm versus the adaptive EVD algorithm.