Convolutive Source Separation and Signal Modeling with ML (original) (raw)
In independent component analysis (ICA) an instantaneous mix of sources can be recovered using maximum Likelihood (ML). In Convolutive blind source separation (BSS) the mixture arises as a combination of differently convolved source signals due to time delays and a reverberating acoustic environment. Instead of modeling a particular time instant now a time window of the mixed signals has to be modeled. This allows to combine ICA with traditional ML signal modeling techniques. Here we use an auto-regressive (AR) model of the sources leading to a generalization of contextual ICA [18] to the convolutive case. This may improve source separation avoiding the typical whitening of the sources, and may allow us to incorporation simultaneous enhancing of the signal based on the AR models. 1 Introduction Independent component analysis (ICA) aims to find statistical independent signals in an instantaneous linear mix. This concept was first introduced and formalized by Comon [7]. In recent year...
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