Patent Application: US-41567403-A

Abstract:
abstract of the disclosure quick real - time identification and estimation of a time - non - varying or time - varying system . a new h per unit time step . the algorithm completely agrees with a fast kalman filtering algorithm at the extreme of the upper limit value . if the estimate of impulse response is determined , a pseudo - echo is sequentially determined from the estimate and subtracted from the real echo to cancel the echo . thus an echo chancellor is realized .

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a detailed description of the preferred embodiments and best modes of practicing the present invention are described hereinafter . details are shown , for example , in &# 34 ; derivation of a fast algorithm of modified h ( filters &# 34 ;, k . nishiyama , ieee international conference on industrial electronics , control and instrumentation , rbc - ii , pp . 462 - 467 , october , 2000 . first , main symbols used in the embodiments of the present invention and whether they are known or unknown will be described . x k : state vector or just state , unknown and to be estimated . y k : observation signal , known and input to a filter . x ^ k | k : state value of the state x k at time k , estimated by using observation signals y 0 - y k . given by a filter equation . x ^ 0 | 0 : initial estimate of a state , essentially unknown but set to 0 for convenience . k s , k + 1 : filter gain , obtained by matrix p ^ k | k - 1 . ( wk : corresponds to the covariance matrix of the system noise , known in theory but unknown in practice . p ^ k | k - 1 : corresponds to the covariance matrix of the error of x ^ k | k - 1 , given by a riccati equation . p ^ 1 | 0 : corresponds to the covariance matrix of an error in the initial state , essentially unknown but set to ( 0 i for convenience . v : variance of the observation noise , treated as known in theory but unknown in practice . w : variance of the system noise , treated as known in theory but unknown in practice . a mark &# 34 ;^&# 34 ; placed above a symbol indicates an estimated value , a mark &# 34 ; u &# 34 ; indicates that the matrix is extended by one row , and a mark &# 34 ;~&# 34 ; is added for convenience . these marks are placed at the upper right of characters for input convenience , but , as shown in expressions , they are identical with those placed above characters . &# 34 ; l &# 34 ;, &# 34 ; h &# 34 ;, &# 34 ; p &# 34 ;, and &# 34 ; k &# 34 ; indicate matrixes . some of them are written in boldface as in expressions , but they are usually written in lightface for convenience . next , a state - space model as in the following equations ( 7 ) to ( 9 ) is discussed . x k + 1 = x k + w k , ⁢ w k , x k ∈ ℛ n ( 7 ) y k = h k ⁢ x k + υ k , ⁢ y k , υ k ∈ ℛ ( 8 ) z k = h k ⁢ x k , ⁢ z k ∈ ℛ , ⁢ h k ∈ ℛ 1 × n ( 9 ) u k - n + 1 ]) assuming an echo canceller or the like . for such a state - space model , an h ( evaluation criterion (( f is newly placed in the left - hand side ) such as that shown by expression ( 10 ) is proposed . sup x α , { w i } , { υ i } ⁢ ∑ i = 0 h ⁢  e f , i  2 / ρ  x 0 - x ˘ 0 ❘ - 1  ∑ 0 - 1 2 + ∑ i = 0 k ⁢  w i  ∑ w i - 1 2 + ∑ i = 0 h ⁢  υ i  2 / ρ & lt ; γ f 2 ( 10 ) when it is assumed that ( or ( wk does not depend on ( f , a modified h ( filter of level ( f satisfying the evaluation criterion can be given by the following equations ( 11 ) to ( 14 ) by applying a standard h ( estimation scheme known in the system identification field . this scheme is shown , for example , in &# 34 ; linear estimation in krein spaces - part i : theory ,&# 34 ; b . hassibi , a . h . sayed , and t . kailath , ieee trans . automatic control , 41 , 1 , pp . 18 - 33 , 1996 ., and &# 34 ; linear estimation in krein spaces - part ii : applications ,&# 34 ; b . hassibi , a . h . sayed , and t . kailath , ieee trans . automatic control , 41 , 1 , pp . 34 - 49 , 1996 . z ^ k ❘ k = h k ⁢ x ^ k ❘ k ( 11 ) x ^ k + 1 ⁢ ⁢ k + 1 = x ^ k ❘ k + k s , k + 1 ⁡ ( y k + 1 - h k + 1 ⁢ x ^ k ❘ k ) ⁢ ⁢ filter ⁢ ⁢ equation ( 12 ) k s , k + 1 = p ^ k + 1 ❘ k ⁢ h k + 1 t ⁡ ( h k + 1 ⁢ p ^ k + 1 ❘ k ⁢ h k + 1 t + ρ ) - 1 ⁢ ⁢ filter ⁢ ⁢ gain ( 13 ) p ^ k + 1 ❘ k = p ^ k ❘ k - 1 - p ^ k ❘ k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ⁢ r s , k - 1 ⁡ [ h k h k ] ⁢ p ^ k ❘ k - 1 + ∑ k + 1 ⁢ ⁢ where , ( 14 ) ϱ f , i = z ^ i ❘ i - h i ⁢ x i ⁢ ⁢ r s , k = r k + [ h k h k ] ⁢ p ^ k ❘ k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ⁢ ⁢ r k = [ ρ 0 0 - ργ f 2 ] · ∑ w k = γ f - 2 ⁢ p ^ k + 1 ❘ k ⁢ ⁢ p ^ k ❘ k - 1 - 1 + h k t ⁢ h k & gt ; 0 , p ^ 1 ❘ 0 = ɛ 0 ⁢ i , ɛ 0 & gt ; 0 ⁢ ⁢ 0 & lt ; ρ = 1 - γ f - 2 ≤ 1 , γ f & gt ; 1 ( 15 ) since a weight ( in the evaluation criterion depends on an upper limit ( f determined in advance , the above algorithm is essentially different from that applied to normal h ( filters . the present algorithm controls a maximum energy gain from disturbances ( having the initial state x 0 , the system noise { w i }, and the observation noise {( i }) weighted by ( to a filter error { e f , i } so as to be smaller than ( f 2 . therefore , the present algorithm is a robust filtering algorithm against the disturbances . this property is reflected by the tracking characteristic of a time - varying system . when ( f (( is satisfied , ( = 1 and ( wk = 0 . in this time , the modified h ( filter becomes a standard kalman filter . the main load for calculating the modified h ( filter rises during the update of p ^ k + 1 | k ( r n ( n , which requires the amount of calculation in proportion to n 2 or n 3 . that is , an arithmetic operation of o ( n 2 ) per unit time step is required . here , a tap number n matches the dimension of the state vector x k . therefore , as the dimension of x k increases , the computation time required to perform the modified h ( filter increases rapidly . in order to overcome the drawback , the introduction of a fast algorithm of the modified h ( filter is needed . the calculation of the riccati equation ( covariance equation of a state estimation error ) shown in equation ( 14 ) is dominant in the computational complexity of the modified h ( filter . therefore , to process the modified h ( filter at a high speed , if the filter gain of equation ( 13 ) is directly determined without using the riccati equation , the computational burden can be significantly reduced . since it is difficult to derive a fast algorithm for directly obtaining a filter gain k s , k ( r n ( 1 , however , evolving an algorithm for fast calculating a gain matrix defined as follows is examined . k k = p k ⁢ c k t ∈ ℛ n × 2 ⁢ ⁢ p k = [ o k t ⁢ ω k ⁢ o k ] - 1 = [ ∑ i = 1 k ⁢ ρ k - i ⁢ c i t ⁢ w i ⁢ c i ] - 1 ⁢ ⁢ ω k = [ ρω k - 1 0 0 w k ] , ω 1 = w 1 , w 1 = ρ ⁢ ⁢ r i - 1 = [ 1 0 0 - γ f - 2 ] ∈ ℛ 2 × 2 ( 16 ) o k = [ c 1 ⋮ c k ] , c i = [ h i h i ] ∈ ℛ 2 × n , ( 17 ) a matrix p k satisfies the riccati equation of ( 14 ). therefore , when a gain matrix k k is obtained , the filter gain k s , k is immediately obtained from the following lemma . the filter gain k s , k of the modified h ( filter is obtained by using the gain matrix k k as shown below . in practice , the gain matrix k k can be fast calculated by the recursive method in lemma 3 . k s , k = g k - 1 ⁢ k ˘ k , g k = ρ + γ f - 2 ⁢ h k ⁢ k ˘ k ∈ ℛ ⁢ ⁢ where , ( 18 ) k ˘ k ⁡ ( i ) = ρ ⁢ ⁢ k k ⁡ ( i , 1 ) , i = 1 , 2 , … ⁢ , n . ( 19 ) k k + 1 = m k - b k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ∈ ℛ n × 2 ( 20 ) here , m k ( r n ( 2 and ( k ( r 1 ( 2 are obtained by dividing a matrix of k u [ m k μ k ] = [ 0 k k ] + [ s k - 1 a k ⁢ s k - 1 ] ⁡ [ c k t + a k t ⁢ c k t ] ( 21 ) auxiliary variables a k ( r n ( 1 , s k ( r , and b k f - 1 in conclusion , the fast h ( filtering algorithm can be summarized as below . fig . 1 shows a flowchart of the fast algorithm , where l indicates a maximum data length . [ step 0 ] set initial conditions of a recursive expression as follows , where ( 0 is a substantially large positive constant . k 0 = 0 , a - 1 = 0 , s - 1 = ρ ɛ 0 , d - 1 = 0 , x ̑ 0 ❘ 0 = 0 [ step 1 ] compare time k with the maximum data length l . when the time k is larger than the maximum data length , terminate the processing . when the time k is equal to or smaller than the maximum data length , the processing proceeds to the next step ( a conditional statement can be removed , if unnecessary ). [ step 2 ] determine a k and s k recursively as follows . e ~ k = c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ∈ ℛ 2 × 1 a k = a k - 1 - k k ⁢ w k ⁢ e _ k ∈ ℛ n × 1 e k = c k + c k ⁢ a k ∈ ℛ 2 × 1 s . k = ρ ⁢ ⁢ s k - 1 + e k t ⁢ w k ⁢ e ̑ k ∈ ℛ k ~ k = [ s k - 1 ⁢ e k t k k + a k ⁢ s k - 1 ⁢ e k υ ] ∈ ℛ ( n + 1 ) × 2 k ~ k = [ m k μ k ] ⁢ m k ∈ ℛ n × 2 , μ k ∈ ℛ 1 × 2 [ step 5 ] determine d k , and obtain a gain matrix k s , k + 1 from k k + 1 as follows : η k = c k - n + c k + 1 ⁢ d k - 1 d k = [ d k - 1 - m k ⁢ w k ⁢ η k ] ⁡ [ 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ η k ] - 1 k k + 1 = m k - d k ⁢ μ k k ~ k + 1 ⁡ ( i ) = ρ ⁢ ⁢ k k + 1 ⁡ ( i , 1 ) , i = 1 , ⋯ ⁢ , n k s , k + 1 = g k + 1 - 1 ⁢ k ~ k + 1 , g k + 1 = ρ + γ f - 2 ⁢ h k + 1 ⁢ k ~ k + 1 where , ( k ( r 2 ( 1 , d k ( r n ( 1 , k k + 1 ( r n ( 2 , k s , k + 1 ( r n ( 1 , [ step 6 ] update the filter equation of the h ( filter as follows . x ^ k + 1 ❘ k + 1 = x ^ k ❘ k + k s , k + 1 ⁡ ( y k + 1 - h k + 1 ⁢ x ^ k ❘ k ) [ step 7 ] put the time k forward ( k = k + 1 ). the processing returns to step 2 , and the subsequent processes are repeated as long as the data exists . the existence of the fast h ( filter can be checked with the computational complexity of o ( n ) by using the following existence condition . ⁢ - ϱ ⁢ ξ . i + ργ f 2 & gt ; 0 , i = 0 , ⋯ ⁢ , k ⁢ ⁢ where , ( 22 ) ⁢ ϱ = 1 - γ f 2 , ξ . i = h i ⁢ k ~ i 1 - h i ⁢ k ~ i ( 23 ) next , how the computational complexity of the fast h ( filtering algorithm decreases , as compared with the computational requirement of the modified h ( filtering algorithm , will be discussed . only the number of multiplications is used for evaluating the amount of calculation of an equation , and is calculated by the following method . number of multiplications when a j - by - k matrix is multiplied by a k - by - l matrix is j ( k ( l ( times ). here , when three or more matrixes or vectors are multiplied , they are calculated from the left unless a direction is specially shown in the figure . figs . 2 and 3 are views showing of the amount of calculation of each part of the modified h ( filtering algorithm , where n indicates a tap number ( the dimension of the state vector x k ). in fig . 3 ( a ), a calculation for obtaining r e , k - 1 from r e , k is ignored . similarly , in fig . 2 ( a ), a calculation for obtaining ( h k + 1 p ^ k + 1 | k h t k + 1 + 1 ) - 1 from ( h k + 1 p ^ k + 1 | k h t k + 1 + 1 ) is also ignored . as shown in figs . 2 ( a ), 3 ( a ), and 3 ( b ), the amount of calculation of each of k s | k + 1 , r e , k , and p ^ k + 1 | k is in proportion to the square of the tap number . therefore , the amount of calculation of the entire modified h ( filtering algorithm is o ( n 2 ) per unit time step . fig . 4 is a view showing the amount of calculation required when the order of matrix calculations is changed . more specifically , fig . 4 shows the amount of calculation required when the order of matrix calculations of the second term on the right - hand side is changed in the riccati equation . since the amount of calculation of the above - described part is proportional to the cube of the tap number , the amount of calculation of p ^ k + 1 | k is also in proportion to the cube of the tap number . accordingly , the amount of calculation of the entire h ( filter increases from the square to the cube of the tap number . since either algorithm requires the amount of calculation proportional to the square or cube of the tap number , however , the computational burden for carrying out the filter increases significantly as the tap number increases . in fact , since a tap number used in the field of communication engineering , for example , is approximately 400 , the practical use of the algorithm becomes very difficult . figs . 5 and 6 are views showing the amount of calculation in the fast h ( filtering algorithm . in the expression of k u k in fig . 5 ( b ), s k - 1 is obtained from s k , but the calculation thereof is ignored . similarly , in the expression of d k in fig . 6 ( b ), a calculation for obtaining [ 1 - ( k w k ( k ] - 1 from [ 1 - ( k w k ( k ] is also ignored . the amount of calculation in the entire present fast algorithm is o ( n ) per unit time step according to figs . 5 and 6 . therefore , the amount of calculation in the fast h ( filtering algorithm is in proportion to the tap number . in this case , the amount of calculation ( the number of multiplications ) for performing the fast h ( filter once is 28n + 16 per unit step , and is approximately double the amount ( multiplication frequency ) of calculation required for a fast kalman filter , that is 12n + 3 . as described above , although the computational complexity proportional to the square or cube of the tap number is required for the modified h ( filtering algorithm , the computational complexity of the present fast algorithm is smaller and proportional to the tap number . the advantage of the present invention will be examined , with an echo canceller being taken as an example . an observation value { y k } of an echo { d k } is expressed in the following expression by an ( time - varying ) impulse response { h i [ k ]} of an echo path , where it is considered that a received signal { u k } is an input signal to the echo path : y k = d k + υ k = ∑ i = 0 n - 1 ⁢ h i ⁡ [ k ] ⁢ u k - i + υ k , k = 0 , 1 , 2 , ⋯ ( 24 ) where , u k and y k indicate , respectively , the received signal and the echo at time t k (= kt , t is a sampling period ); v k indicates circuit noise having zero mean at time t k ; and h i [ k ] ( i = 0 ,..., and n - 1 ) is a time - varying impulse responses assuming a gradual change , and the tap number n thereof is known . once estimated values { h ^ i [ k ]} of the impulse response are obtained , a quasi echo is generated as follows by using the estimated values . d . k = ∑ i = 0 n - 1 ⁢ h ̑ i ⁡ [ k ] ⁢ u k - i , k = 0 , 1 , 2 , ⋯ ( 25 ) subtracting this from the echo ( y k - d ^ k ( 0 ), the echo is cancelled , where u k - 1 = 0 when k - i & lt ; 0 . from the above description , the echo canceller problem is equivalent to successively estimating the impulse response { h i [ k ]} of the echo path from the received signal { u k } and echo { y k }, both of which are directly observable . in general , when the h ( filter is applied to an echo canceller , equation ( 24 ) has to be expressed by a state - space model formed of a state equation and an observation equation . in this case , since the state vector to be obtained is the impulse response { h i [ k ]}, allowing a state vector x k to fluctuate with w k , the following state - space model can be constructed for the echo path . x k + 1 = x k + w k , ⁢ x k , w k ∈ ℛ n ( 26 ) y k = h k ⁢ x k + υ k , ⁢ y k , υ k ∈ ℛ ( 27 ) z k = h k ⁢ x k , ⁢ z k ∈ ℛ , h k ∈ ℛ 1 × n ⁢ ⁢ x k = [ h 0 ⁡ [ k ] , ⋯ ⁢ , h n - 1 ⁡ [ k ] ] t , ⁢ w k = [ w k ⁡ ( 1 ) , ⋯ ⁢ , w k ⁡ ( n ) ] t ⁢ ⁢ h k = [ u k , ⋯ ⁢ , u k - n + 1 ] , modified h ( filtering algorithm and fast h ( filtering algorithm for such a state - space model are the same as those described above . while the impulse response is estimated , if the occurrence of a transmission signal is detected , the estimation is generally stopped in the meanwhile . thus , when an estimate { h ^ i [ k ]} of the impulse response is obtained , the quasi echo is successively obtained therefrom as follows . d ^ k = h k ⁢ x ^ k ❘ k = ∑ i = 0 n - 1 ⁢ h ^ i ⁡ [ k ] ⁢ u k - i ( 29 ) therefore , subtracting this from an actual echo to cancel the echo , an echo canceller is implemented . here , an estimate error , e k = y k - d ^ k , is called a residual echo . a modified h ( filter and a fast h ( filter are evaluated by simulation in a case in which the impulse response of an echo path is time - invariant ( h i [ k ] = h i ) and the tap number n thereof is 24 . y k = ∑ i = 0 23 ⁢ h i ⁢ u k - i + υ k ( 30 ) fig . 7 is a view showing values of the impulse response { h i } in this case . v k is stationary gaussian white noise having zero mean and variance ( v 2 of 1 . 0 ( 10 - 6 , and a sampling period t is set to 1 . 0 for convenience . the received signal { u k } is approximated by a quadratic ar model as shown below . u k = ( 1 u k - 1 + ( 2 u k - 2 + w k &# 39 ; ( 31 ) where , ( 1 = 0 . 7 , ( 2 = 0 . 1 , and w k &# 39 ; is stationary gaussian white noise having zero mean and variance ( w &# 39 ; the modified h ( filter and the fast h ( filter will be compared . fig . 8 includes views showing estimated results of the impulse responses of the modified h ( filter and the fast h ( filter ( initial value x ^ 0 | 0 = 0 , ( o = 20 ). figs . 8 ( a ) and ( b ) show estimated results of both filters when ( f = 105 , and figs . 8 ( c ) and ( d ) show estimated results ( x ^ 100 | 100 ) thereof when ( f = 2 . 0 . from the figures , performance on the estimation accuracy of both filters is equal . in other words , speeding - up does not reduce the estimation accuracy . note that , if ( f is too small , the existence condition of the filters is not satisfied . when ( f = 1 . 0 ( 105 , the results are substantially equal to that of a fast kalman filter . therefore , it is found that the fast h ( filtering algorithm includes the fast kalman filtering algorithm and its convergence rate can be accelerated by adjusting ( f . next , the computation time required for the modified h ( filter and that for the fast h ( filter are evaluated under conditions where the impulse response of the echo path is time - invariant and the tap number is increased to 24 , 48 , 96 , 192 , and 384 . since dispersion may occur in one measurement , the average of four measurements was used . the values shown in fig . 7 are used as impulse responses { h i } in simulation , and impulse responses { h i } thereafter ( 24 ( k & lt ; n ) are set to 0 . the filter calculation is performed up to step 100 . the computation time was measured by a command &# 34 ; etime &# 34 ; of matlab on a workstation ( sparc , 60 mhz , 32 mb ). fig . 9 is a view showing measurement results of the computation time . in the riccati equation , matrix calculation is performed for a modified h ( filter ( 2 ) such that the amount of calculation is in proportion to the square of the tap number , and matrix calculation is performed for a modified h ( filter ( 1 ) such that the amount of calculation is in proportion to the cube of the tap number ( see fig . 3 ( b ) and fig . 4 ). in modified h ( filters , since the computational complexity is in proportion to the square or cube of the tap number depending on the order of matrix calculation as described above , they are not practical . the tracking performance of each algorithm will be evaluated by using the echo canceller in a case in which the system ( impulse response ) is varied with time . it is assumed that the tap number of the impulse response is 48 , and { h i } is varied with time , as shown in fig . 10 ( a ), based on the values shown in fig . 7 . it is also assumed that v k is stationary gaussian white noise having zero mean and variance ( v 2 of 1 . 0 ( 10 - 6 , and the sampling period t is set to 1 for convenience . the received signal { u k } is approximated by a quadratic ar model as follows . u k = ( 1 u k - 1 + ( 2 u k - 2 + w k &# 39 ; ( 32 ) here , ( 1 = 0 . 7 , ( 2 = 0 . 1 , and w k &# 39 ; is stationary gaussian white noise having zero mean and variance ( 2 figs . 10 and 11 are views showing the simulation result of each algorithm . these views show the tracking performance of time - varying systems which employ a fast h ( filter ( fast hf ), a fast kalman filter ( fast kf ), and lms algorithm ( lms ). fig . 10 ( b ) shows the estimates obtained with the fast h ( filter when ( f = 2 . 0 . fig . 11 ( a ) shows the estimates obtained with the fast kalman filter . the initial value of the fast h ( filter is set such that x ^ 0 | 0 = 0 and ( o = 20 , and the initial value of the fast kalman filter is set in the same way . fig . 11 ( b ) shows the estimates obtained by the lms algorithm , wherein the initial value is set such that h ^ o = 0 , and the step size is set such that ( = 0 . 5 so as to give a stable and rapid convergence . it is found that the tracking performance of the fast h ( filter is extremely excellent , and the estimates become stable in about thirty steps after the impulse response is varied . on the other hand , the fast kalman filter and the lms algorithm cannot track the impulse response at all . generally , the tracking performance of h ( filters having no system noise drops with time since the filter gain becomes smaller due to a decay in the diagonal component of p ^ k | k - 1 and the amount of update of the estimates decreases . in other words , as the number of steps increases , the estimates are updated little . therefore , in order to improve the tracking performance of kalman filters and h ( filters , an appropriate value needs to be externally added to the diagonal component of the matrix p ^ k | k - 1 . if it is directly added , however , a fast algorithm which uses the shift property of an observation matrix h k cannot be implemented . it is one of significant features of the present invention to solve this problem theoretically by applying a weight ( of 1 - ( f - 2 to the h ( evaluation criterion . the weight ( appears in an update equation of s k of the fast h ( filtering algorithm , as follows . ( update of auxiliary variable s k of the fast h ( filter ) an auxiliary variable s k of the fast h ( filter is indicated by the following expression . in the fast h ( filtering algorithm , s k is used as s k k . in order to largely update the filter equation , s k - 1 must be larger . in other word , s k needs to be kept small to make the large update . the existence of ( prevents s k from increasing rapidly , which is resultantly equivalent to adding system noise , and thereby the tracking performance is improved . since the weight ( is defined as 1 - ( f - 2 , the tracking performance can be varied by adjusting ( f as confirmed in the simulation . fig . 12 is a view showing the relationship between ( f and (. according to the figure , when ( f = 3 . 0 , ( = 0 . 8889 , which means that 89 % of s k - 1 is transmitted to s k . note that , if ( f is set very small , however , the effect of s k - 1 is significantly reduced and the existence condition of the filter is not satisfied . when ( f is large , ( ≈ 1 . an increase in s k is not suppressed at all , and therefore , the tracking performance drops . when ( f = ((( = 1 , in particular , the present fast algorithm completely matches the fast kalman filtering algorithm . fig . 13 is a view showing the relationship among the tap number and the computation time for the fast h ( filter , the fast kalman filter , and the lms algorithm , where the number of time steps executed for the filters is 300 and ( f = 3 . 0 . the computation time was measured for the fast h ( filter , the fast kalman filtering algorithm , and the lms algorithm when the tap number was increased to 48 , 96 , 192 , and 384 in the cases shown in figs . 10 and 11 . because dispersion may occur in one measurement result , the average of four measurement results , was used . it can be confirmed that , in any algorithm , the amount of calculation is in proportion to the tap number . it is also found that when the tap number is large , the computation time for the fast h ( filtering algorithm is about a little less than twice the computation time for the fast kalman filtering algorithm , and is approximately four times longer than that for the lms algorithm , which is practical . considering the tracking performance , it can be said that the fast h ( filtering algorithm is sufficiently effective . the inverse matrix of p k will be indicated by equation ( 33 ). further , a recursive equation for the matrix p k can be obtained , as shown in equation ( 34 ), by using the matrix inversion lemma . p k - 1 = ρ ⁢ ⁢ o k - 1 t ⁢ ω k - 1 ⁢ o k - 2 + c k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c k = ρ ⁢ ⁢ p k - 1 - 1 + c k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c k ( 33 ) p k = ⁢ [ ρ ⁢ ⁢ p k - 1 - 1 + [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ h k h k ] ] - 1 = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 - ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] · ⁢ ( w k - 1 + [ h k h k ] ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ) - 1 · ⁢ [ h k h k ] ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 , ρ ⁢ ⁢ p k = ⁢ p k - 1 - p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] · ⁢ ( r k + [ h k h k ] ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ) - 1 · [ h k h k ] ⁢ p k - 1 , p k = ⁢ p k - i - p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] · ⁢ ( r k + [ h k h k ] ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ) - 1 · [ h k h k ] ⁢ p k - 1 + γ f - 2 ⁢ p k . ( 34 ) it is understood , when p k is replaced with p ^ k + 1 | k , that the above equation satisfies the riccati equation of ( 14 ). the gain matrix k k can be expressed as follows . k k = ⁢ p k ⁢ c k t = [ ρ ⁢ ⁢ p k - 1 - 1 + c k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c k ] - 1 ⁢ c k t = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t - ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t · ⁢ [ w k - 1 + c k ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ] - 1 ⁢ c k ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t - ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ⁡ [ w k - 1 + c k ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ] - 1 · ⁢ [ ( w k - 1 + c k ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ) - w k - 1 ] = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ⁡ [ i + w k ⁢ c k ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ] - 1 = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ⁢ w k · [ w k + ρ - 1 ⁢ w k ⁢ c k ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ c k t ⁢ w k ] - 1 = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ - γ f - 2 ⁢ h k t ] [ [ 1 0 0 - γ f - 2 ] + ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁡ [ h k - γ f - 2 ⁢ h k t ] ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ - γ f - 2 ⁢ h k t ] ] - 1 = ⁢ ρ - 1 ⁢ p k - 1 ⁡ [ h k t ⁢ ⁢ h k t ] ⁢ ( 1 + h k ⁢ p k - 1 ⁢ h k t ) - 1 ( 35 ) further , the filter gain can be obtained from the first block column of the gain matrix k k , as shown in equation ( 18 ), by using g k = (( + h k p k - 1 h t assuming that the gain matrix k i ( i = 0 ,..., and k ) is given , the following matrix , k k + 1 , will be calculated . first , equations ( 37 ) and ( 38 ) are newly introduced to utilize the shift property of c k . q u k is expressed recursively as shown in equation ( 39 ), and is divided as in the following equation ( 40 ). c ˘ k t = [ c k t c k t ] = [ c k + 1 t c k - n t ] ∈ ℛ ( n + 1 ) × 2 ( 37 ) q ˘ k = ∑ i = 1 k ⁢ ρ k - i ⁢ c ˘ i t ⁢ w i ⁢ c i ∈ ℛ ( n + 1 ) × ( n + 1 ) ( 38 ) q ˘ k = ρ ⁢ q ˘ k - 1 + c ˘ k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k . ( 39 ) q ˘ k = [ m k t k t t k q k ] = [ q k + 1 t k t _ t k _ m k _ ] . ( 40 ) using this notation , equation ( 36 ) of the time steps k and k + 1 is included in the following equation . q ˘ k ⁡ [ 0 k k ] = [ α k t c k t ] = c ˘ k t + [ α k t - c k t 0 ] ( 41 ) q ˘ k ⁡ [ k k + 1 0 ] = [ c k + 1 t β k t ] = c ˘ k t + [ 0 β k t - c k - n t ] ⁢ ⁢ α k t = t k t ⁢ k k ∈ ℛ 1 × 2 , β k t = t k _ ⁢ k k + 1 ∈ ℛ 1 × 2 . ( 42 ) based on the notation , it is more convenient to obtain k u k ( r ( n + 1 )( 2 , which satisfies the following equation , than to obtain k k directly . ⁢ where , ( 43 ) k ˘ k = [ k k + 1 t ⁢ ⁢ k k t ] t = [ k k + 1 t ⁢ ⁢ k k - n t ] t ( 44 ) k ( r ( n + 1 )( 2 can be expressed as shown in equation ( 46 ) by using equation ( 45 ), obtained from equation ( 41 ). c ˘ k t = q ˘ k ⁡ [ 0 k k ] - [ α k t - c k t 0 ] ( 45 ) k ˘ k = ⁢ [ m k ρ k ] = q ˘ k - 1 ⁢ c ˘ k t = [ 0 k k ] - q ˘ k - 1 ⁡ [ α k t - c k t 0 ] = ⁢ [ 0 k k ] - [ s k - 1 a k ⁢ s k - 1 ] ⁡ [ α k t - c k t ] ( 46 ) k is divided into m k ( r n ( 2 and ( k ( r 1 ( 2 . also note that ( t k has an inverse matrix , auxiliary variables a k ( r n ( 1 and s k ( r satisfy the following equation . q ˘ k ⁡ [ 1 a k ] = [ s k 0 ] ⁢ ( [ 1 a k ] ⁢ s k - 1 = q ˘ k - 1 ⁡ [ 1 0 ] ) ( 47 ) where , the bottom block of the above equation means t k + q k a k = 0 or t k next , auxiliary variables b k ( r n ( 1 and f k ( r such as those shown in the following equation ( 48 ) are introduced to delete ( k in equation ( 46 ) without affecting the top block of c t q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k = q ˘ k ⁡ [ b k f k ] = [ 0 1 ] ⁢ ( b ˘ k = [ b k f k ] ) ( 48 ) k ˘ k - b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k = [ m k μ k ] - [ b k ⁢ f k - 1 1 ] ⁢ μ k = [ m k - b k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k 0 ] ( 49 ) then , the left - hand side of equation ( 49 ) is multiplied by q u q ˘ k ⁢ ( ⁢ k ˘ k - b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ⁢ ) = q ˘ k ⁢ k ˘ k - q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k = c ˘ k t - [ 0 1 ] ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k = c ˘ k t - [ 0 f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ] ( 50 ) equation ( 49 ) is substituted for the left - hand side of the above equation . then , equation ( 43 ) is expressed as follows : q ˘ k ⁢ ( ⁢ k ˘ k - b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ⁢ ) = c ˘ k t - [ 0 f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ] , ⁢ [ q k + 1 t k t _ t k _ m k _ ] ⁡ [ m k - b k ⁢ f k - 1 ⁢ μ k 0 ] = [ c k + 1 t c k - n t ] + [ 0 - f k - 1 ⁢ μ k ] ( 51 ) this is the same form as equation ( 42 ). the following equation ( 52 ) can be obtained from the top block of equation ( 51 ). equations ( 36 ) and ( 52 ) are compared to obtain the update equation of the gain matrix k k . the auxiliary variables a k and s k can be obtained as follows : a k = a k - 1 - k k ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] ∈ ℛ n × 1 ( 53 ) s k = ρ ⁢ ⁢ s k - 1 + [ c k t + a k t ⁢ c k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] ∈ ℛ ( 54 ) where , a - 1 = 0 , and s - 1 = 1 / ε 0 . ( demonstration ) by using the equation ( 55 ) of a k and s k and equation ( 39 ), equation ( 56 ) is obtained . q ˘ k - 1 ⁡ [ 1 a k - 1 ] = [ s k - 1 0 ] ( 55 ) q ˘ k ⁡ [ 1 a k - 1 ] = ⁢ ρ ⁢ ⁢ q ˘ k - 1 ⁡ [ 1 a k - 1 ] + c ˘ k t ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] = ⁢ [ ρ ⁢ ⁢ s k - 1 0 ] + [ c k t c k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] ( 56 ) on the other hand , the following equation is obtained by multiplying both sides of equation ( 41 ) by w k . q ˘ k ⁡ [ 0 k k ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] = [ α k c k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] . ( 57 ) by subtracting equation ( 57 ) from equation ( 56 ), the following equation ( 58 ) is formed . q ˘ k ⁡ [ [ 1 a k - 1 ] - [ 0 k k ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] ] = [ ρ ⁢ ⁢ s k - 1 0 ] + [ c k t c k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] - [ α k c k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] , ⁢ q ˘ k [ ⁢ 1 a k - 1 ⁢ k k ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] ] = [ ρ ⁢ ⁢ s k - 1 + [ c k t - α k t ] ⁢ w k ⁡ [ c k + c k ⁢ a k - 1 ] 0 ] ( 58 ) - 1 is obtained by the following equation ( 59 ). f k is updated by the following equation ( 60 ). d k = [ d k - 1 - m k ⁢ w k ⁢ η k ] ⁡ [ 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ η k ] - 1 ∈ ℛ n × 1 ( 59 ) f k = f k - 1 ⁡ [ 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ η k ] / ρ ∈ ℛ ( 60 ) k - 1 = c k - n + c k + 1 d k - 1 , d - 1 = 0 , and f - 1 = 0 . ( demonstration ) in order to update b k and f k , equation ( 62 ) is formed by using equation ( 61 ). q ˘ k - 1 ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 = q ˘ k - 1 ⁡ [ b k - 1 f k - 1 ] = [ 0 1 ] ( 61 ) q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 = ρ ⁢ q ˘ k - 1 ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 + c ˘ k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 = ρ ⁡ [ 0 1 ] + c ˘ k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 ( 62 ) in order to modify the above equation so as to have the same form as equation ( 61 ), c u u is subtracted from equation ( 62 ) to obtain the following equation . q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 - c ˘ k t ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 = q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 - q ˘ k ⁢ k ˘ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 = ρ ⁡ [ 0 1 ] , ⁢ q ˘ k ⁡ [ b ˘ k - 1 - k ˘ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 ] = ρ ⁡ [ 0 1 ] ( 63 ) comparing the above last equation with equation ( 48 ) yields a recursive equation for b u b ˘ k = ( ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 - k ˘ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 ⁢ ) / ρ ( 64 ) d k = b k ⁢ f k - 1 , d ˘ k = b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 = [ d k 1 ] ( 65 ) - 1 ( r n ( 1 , however , it is more convenient to express equations ( 48 ) and ( 64 ) with equation ( 65 ). the matrix d k satisfies the following equation ( 66 ). q ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k = q ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k ⁢ f k - 1 = [ 0 1 ] ⁢ f k - 1 , q ˘ k ⁡ [ d k 1 ] = [ 0 f k - 1 ] ( 66 ) q ˘ k ⁡ [ b ˘ k - 1 ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 - k ˘ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ b ˘ k - 1 ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 ] = q ˘ k ⁡ [ d ˘ k - 1 - k ˘ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] = [ 0 ρ ⁢ ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 ] ( 67 ) - 1 to obtain equation ( 67 ), and is further expressed by the following equation ( 68 ) when d u q ˘ k ⁡ [ d ˘ k - 1 - [ m k μ k ] ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] = [ 0 ρ ⁢ ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 ] , ⁢ q ˘ k ⁡ [ d k - 1 - m k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] = [ 0 ρ ⁢ ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 ] ( 68 ) therefore , the following equation is obtained when equation ( 68 ) is multiplied by [ 1 - ( k w k c u q ˘ k [ ⁢ [ d k - 1 - m k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] ⁡ [ 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] - 1 1 ] = ⁢ ⁢ [ ⁢ 0 ρ ⁢ ⁢ f k - 1 - 1 ⁡ [ 1 - μ k ⁢ w k ⁢ c ˘ k ⁢ d ˘ k - 1 ] - 1 ⁢ ] by comparing this equation with equation ( 66 ), an update equation for d k and f k is finally obtained . as described above , the existence of the fast h ( filter can be checked with the computational complexity of o ( n ) by using the existence condition of equations ( 22 ) and ( 23 ). a demonstration thereof will be shown below . when the characteristic equation of a 2 ( 2 matrix r e , k shown in the following equation ( 69 ) is solved , a eigenvalue ( i of r e , k is obtained by the following equation ( 70 ).  λ ⁢ ⁢ i - r e , k  =  λ - ( ρ + h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t ) - h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t - h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t λ - ( - ργ f 2 + h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t )  = λ 2 - ( 2 ⁢ h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t + ρϱ ) ⁢ λ - ρ 2 ⁢ γ f 2 + ρϱ ⁢ ⁢ h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t = 0 ( 69 ) λ i = φ ± φ 2 - 4 ⁢ ρϱ ⁢ ⁢ h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t + 4 ⁢ ρ 2 ⁢ γ f 2 2 ⁢ ⁢ φ = 2 ⁢ h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t + ρϱ , ϱ = 1 - γ f 2 ( 70 ) if the following expression ( 71 ) is satisfied , one of the two eigenvalues of the matrix r e , k is positive and the other is negative , and the matrixes r k and r e , k have the same inertia . therefore , the existence condition of equation ( 22 ), i . e . ( 71 ) is obtained by using the following equation ( 72 ). here , the calculation of h k k ~ - 4 ⁢ ρϱ ⁢ ⁢ h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t + 4 ⁢ ρ 2 ⁢ γ f 2 & gt ; 0 ( 71 ) h k ⁢ ∑ k ❘ k - 1 ⋀ ⁢ h k t = h k ⁢ k ˘ k 1 - h k ⁢ k k ( 72 ) according to the present invention , as described above , the fast real - time identification of time - invariant and time - variant systems can be implemented by using the fast algorithm ( fast h ( filtering algorithm ) for the modified h ( filters developed based on the new h ( evaluation criterion . in addition , according to the present invention , the present algorithm includes , as a particular case , the fast kalman filtering algorithm , and a term corresponding to the covariance of system noise which is dominant in the tracking performance of a time - varying system can be theoretically determined . further , according to the present invention , a fast time - varying system identification method can be provided , which is very effective particularly when a system ( impulse response ) is varied discontinuously with time , such as an echo canceller for a time - varying system which varies extremely as sudden line switching . furthermore , according to the present invention , a system identification method can be provided , which is applicable to echo cancellers in communication systems and acoustic systems , sound - field reproduction , and noise control . although embodiments of the invention have been shown and described , it is to be understood that various modifications and substitutions , as well as rearrangements of method steps and equipment , can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the novel spirit and scope of the invention .