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2.1.4 Wiener filter
Typical filters described in the beginning of Sect. 2.1 a re designed to have a spe-
cific frequency response. It is not the case for a Wiener filter, introduced by Norbert
Wiener [Wiener, 1949].
Let's assume that a certain system generates signal u . We record the signal with an
apparatus which has a known impulse response r . We assume that the measurement
is corrupted by the additive Gaussian white noise v . This can be expressed as:
]= i
x
[
n
]=
y
[
n
]+
v
[
n
r
[
n
i
]
u
[
i
]+
v
[
n
]
(2.11)
In such a system u cannot be accessed directly. However, minimizing the square error
we can find u which estimates u :
arg min E n | u [ n ] u [ n ] |
2
u
[
n
]=
(2.12)
From the Parseval theorem it follows, that the above relation will also hold for the
Fourier transforms of the respective signals:
arg min E
2
U
f | U [ f ] U [ f ] |
[
f
]=
(2.13)
Taking advantage of the convolution theorem (Sect. 1.4.4) for the signal y
[
n
]=
i r
[
n
i
]
u
[
i
]
we obtain:
Y
[
f
]=
U
[
f
]
R
[
f
]
(2.14)
Assuming that the estimator has the form:
X
[
f
]
Φ
[
f
]
U
[
f
]=
(2.15)
R
[
f
]
It can be shown that condition (2.13) is satisfied for:
2
|
Y
[
f
] |
Φ
[
f
]=
(2.16)
|
Y
[
f
] |
2
+ |
V
[
f
] |
2
Φ
[
f
]
is called a Wiener filter. Thus:
2
Φ
[
f
]
1
|
Y
[
f
] |
H
[
f
]=
] =
(2.17)
2
2
R
[
f
R
[
f
]
|
Y
[
f
] |
+ |
V
[
f
] |
gives the frequency domain representation of the transfer function of the optimal
filter.
In practice neither Y
[
f
]
nor V
[
f
]
is known. The empirical estimate of Φ
[
f
]
may be
computed as:
S x [ f ]
S v [
]
f
S v
for S x
[
f
] >
[
f
]
Φ
[
f
]=
S x [
f
]
(2.18)
S v
0
for S x
[
f
]
[
f
]
is the power spectrum of x and S v
where S x
[
f
]
[
f
]
is the approximation of the noise
power spectrum.
 
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