Sampling requirements for Volterra system identification

Abstract

Volterra systems generally produce-due to nonlinearity-an output signal with a higher frequency range when compared with the input signal. Hence, it seems necessary to sample the input and output signals at twice the maximum frequency of the output signal. The article shows that it is sufficient to sample at twice the maximum frequency of the input signal. A discrete-time Volterra system also produces the additional frequency components that appear-due to aliasing-at the sampled output of a continuous-time Volterra system with an equivalent transfer function.