An improved post-filter of acoustic echo canceller based on subband implementation

Abstract

In this paper, an effective post-filter structure for subband-based acoustic echo cancellation (SAEC) is proposed. Compared with the current subband-based post-filters, the proposed one can more consistently suppress the background noise, as well as the residual echoes. To reduce the effects of the distortion of the near-end speech, two alternative modified versions of the post-filter are proposed, which guarantees the quality of speech communications. The proposed post-filters are seamlessly combined with the subband-based AEC system with quite small computational burden. The instrumental evaluation and listening test both demonstrate the superiority of the post-filters.