2 * SpanDSP - a series of DSP components for telephony
4 * echo.c - A line echo canceller. This code is being developed
5 * against and partially complies with G168.
7 * Written by Steve Underwood <steveu@coppice.org>
8 * and David Rowe <david_at_rowetel_dot_com>
10 * Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Steve Underwood, 2007 David Rowe
12 * Based on a bit from here, a bit from there, eye of toad, ear of
13 * bat, 15 years of failed attempts by David and a few fried brain
16 * All rights reserved.
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20 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
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31 * $Id: echo.c,v 1.20 2006/12/01 18:00:48 steveu Exp $
36 /* Implementation Notes
40 This code started life as Steve's NLMS algorithm with a tap
41 rotation algorithm to handle divergence during double talk. I
42 added a Geigel Double Talk Detector (DTD) [2] and performed some
43 G168 tests. However I had trouble meeting the G168 requirements,
44 especially for double talk - there were always cases where my DTD
45 failed, for example where near end speech was under the 6dB
46 threshold required for declaring double talk.
48 So I tried a two path algorithm [1], which has so far given better
49 results. The original tap rotation/Geigel algorithm is available
50 in SVN http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit.
51 It's probably possible to make it work if some one wants to put some
54 At present no special treatment is provided for tones, which
55 generally cause NLMS algorithms to diverge. Initial runs of a
56 subset of the G168 tests for tones (e.g ./echo_test 6) show the
57 current algorithm is passing OK, which is kind of surprising. The
58 full set of tests needs to be performed to confirm this result.
60 One other interesting change is that I have managed to get the NLMS
61 code to work with 16 bit coefficients, rather than the original 32
62 bit coefficents. This reduces the MIPs and storage required.
63 I evaulated the 16 bit port using g168_tests.sh and listening tests
64 on 4 real-world samples.
66 I also attempted the implementation of a block based NLMS update
67 [2] but although this passes g168_tests.sh it didn't converge well
68 on the real-world samples. I have no idea why, perhaps a scaling
69 problem. The block based code is also available in SVN
70 http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit. If this
71 code can be debugged, it will lead to further reduction in MIPS, as
72 the block update code maps nicely onto DSP instruction sets (it's a
73 dot product) compared to the current sample-by-sample update.
75 Steve also has some nice notes on echo cancellers in echo.h
79 [1] Ochiai, Areseki, and Ogihara, "Echo Canceller with Two Echo
80 Path Models", IEEE Transactions on communications, COM-25,
83 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/dual_path_paper.pdf
85 [2] The classic, very useful paper that tells you how to
86 actually build a real world echo canceller:
87 Messerschmitt, Hedberg, Cole, Haoui, Winship, "Digital Voice
88 Echo Canceller with a TMS320020,
89 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/spra129.pdf
91 [3] I have written a series of blog posts on this work, here is
92 Part 1: http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=18
94 [4] The source code http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/
96 [5] A nice reference on LMS filters:
97 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_mean_squares_filter
101 Thanks to Steve Underwood, Jean-Marc Valin, and Ramakrishnan
102 Muthukrishnan for their suggestions and email discussions. Thanks
103 also to those people who collected echo samples for me such as
104 Mark, Pawel, and Pavel.
107 #include <linux/kernel.h> /* We're doing kernel work */
108 #include <linux/module.h>
109 #include <linux/kernel.h>
110 #include <linux/slab.h>
112 #include "bit_operations.h"
115 #define MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
116 #define MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
117 #define DTD_HANGOVER 600 /* 600 samples, or 75ms */
118 #define DC_LOG2BETA 3 /* log2() of DC filter Beta */
120 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*\
122 \*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
124 /* adapting coeffs using the traditional stochastic descent (N)LMS algorithm */
127 static void __inline__ lms_adapt_bg(struct oslec_state *ec, int clean,
139 factor = clean << shift;
141 factor = clean >> -shift;
143 /* Update the FIR taps */
145 offset2 = ec->curr_pos;
146 offset1 = ec->taps - offset2;
147 phist = &ec->fir_state_bg.history[offset2];
149 /* st: and en: help us locate the assembler in echo.s */
153 for (i = 0, j = offset2; i < n; i++, j++) {
154 exp = *phist++ * factor;
155 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
159 /* Note the asm for the inner loop above generated by Blackfin gcc
160 4.1.1 is pretty good (note even parallel instructions used):
171 A block based update algorithm would be much faster but the
172 above can't be improved on much. Every instruction saved in
173 the loop above is 2 MIPs/ch! The for loop above is where the
174 Blackfin spends most of it's time - about 17 MIPs/ch measured
175 with speedtest.c with 256 taps (32ms). Write-back and
176 Write-through cache gave about the same performance.
181 IDEAS for further optimisation of lms_adapt_bg():
183 1/ The rounding is quite costly. Could we keep as 32 bit coeffs
184 then make filter pluck the MS 16-bits of the coeffs when filtering?
185 However this would lower potential optimisation of filter, as I
186 think the dual-MAC architecture requires packed 16 bit coeffs.
188 2/ Block based update would be more efficient, as per comments above,
189 could use dual MAC architecture.
191 3/ Look for same sample Blackfin LMS code, see if we can get dual-MAC
194 4/ Execute the whole e/c in a block of say 20ms rather than sample
195 by sample. Processing a few samples every ms is inefficient.
199 static __inline__ void lms_adapt_bg(struct oslec_state *ec, int clean,
210 factor = clean << shift;
212 factor = clean >> -shift;
214 /* Update the FIR taps */
216 offset2 = ec->curr_pos;
217 offset1 = ec->taps - offset2;
219 for (i = ec->taps - 1; i >= offset1; i--) {
220 exp = (ec->fir_state_bg.history[i - offset1] * factor);
221 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
223 for (; i >= 0; i--) {
224 exp = (ec->fir_state_bg.history[i + offset2] * factor);
225 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
230 struct oslec_state *oslec_create(int len, int adaption_mode)
232 struct oslec_state *ec;
235 ec = kzalloc(sizeof(*ec), GFP_KERNEL);
240 ec->log2taps = top_bit(len);
241 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
243 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
245 kcalloc(ec->taps, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
246 if (!ec->fir_taps16[i])
250 fir16_create(&ec->fir_state, ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->taps);
251 fir16_create(&ec->fir_state_bg, ec->fir_taps16[1], ec->taps);
253 for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
254 ec->xvtx[i] = ec->yvtx[i] = ec->xvrx[i] = ec->yvrx[i] = 0;
257 ec->cng_level = 1000;
258 oslec_adaption_mode(ec, adaption_mode);
260 ec->snapshot = kcalloc(ec->taps, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
266 ec->Ltxacc = ec->Lrxacc = ec->Lcleanacc = ec->Lclean_bgacc = 0;
267 ec->Ltx = ec->Lrx = ec->Lclean = ec->Lclean_bg = 0;
268 ec->tx_1 = ec->tx_2 = ec->rx_1 = ec->rx_2 = 0;
269 ec->Lbgn = ec->Lbgn_acc = 0;
270 ec->Lbgn_upper = 200;
271 ec->Lbgn_upper_acc = ec->Lbgn_upper << 13;
276 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
277 kfree(ec->fir_taps16[i]);
283 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_create);
285 void oslec_free(struct oslec_state *ec)
289 fir16_free(&ec->fir_state);
290 fir16_free(&ec->fir_state_bg);
291 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
292 kfree(ec->fir_taps16[i]);
297 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_free);
299 void oslec_adaption_mode(struct oslec_state *ec, int adaption_mode)
301 ec->adaption_mode = adaption_mode;
304 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_adaption_mode);
306 void oslec_flush(struct oslec_state *ec)
310 ec->Ltxacc = ec->Lrxacc = ec->Lcleanacc = ec->Lclean_bgacc = 0;
311 ec->Ltx = ec->Lrx = ec->Lclean = ec->Lclean_bg = 0;
312 ec->tx_1 = ec->tx_2 = ec->rx_1 = ec->rx_2 = 0;
314 ec->Lbgn = ec->Lbgn_acc = 0;
315 ec->Lbgn_upper = 200;
316 ec->Lbgn_upper_acc = ec->Lbgn_upper << 13;
318 ec->nonupdate_dwell = 0;
320 fir16_flush(&ec->fir_state);
321 fir16_flush(&ec->fir_state_bg);
322 ec->fir_state.curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
323 ec->fir_state_bg.curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
324 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
325 memset(ec->fir_taps16[i], 0, ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
327 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
331 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_flush);
333 void oslec_snapshot(struct oslec_state *ec)
335 memcpy(ec->snapshot, ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
338 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_snapshot);
340 /* Dual Path Echo Canceller ------------------------------------------------*/
342 int16_t oslec_update(struct oslec_state *ec, int16_t tx, int16_t rx)
348 /* Input scaling was found be required to prevent problems when tx
349 starts clipping. Another possible way to handle this would be the
350 filter coefficent scaling. */
358 Filter DC, 3dB point is 160Hz (I think), note 32 bit precision required
359 otherwise values do not track down to 0. Zero at DC, Pole at (1-Beta)
360 only real axis. Some chip sets (like Si labs) don't need
361 this, but something like a $10 X100P card does. Any DC really slows
364 Note: removes some low frequency from the signal, this reduces
365 the speech quality when listening to samples through headphones
366 but may not be obvious through a telephone handset.
368 Note that the 3dB frequency in radians is approx Beta, e.g. for
369 Beta = 2^(-3) = 0.125, 3dB freq is 0.125 rads = 159Hz.
372 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_RX_HPF) {
375 /* Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. This can still saturate a little under
376 impulse conditions, and it might roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak
377 level signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and the error due to
378 any saturation should not markedly affect the downstream processing. */
381 ec->rx_1 += -(ec->rx_1 >> DC_LOG2BETA) + tmp - ec->rx_2;
383 /* hard limit filter to prevent clipping. Note that at this stage
384 rx should be limited to +/- 16383 due to right shift above */
385 tmp1 = ec->rx_1 >> 15;
394 /* Block average of power in the filter states. Used for
395 adaption power calculation. */
400 /* efficient "out with the old and in with the new" algorithm so
401 we don't have to recalculate over the whole block of
403 new = (int)tx *(int)tx;
404 old = (int)ec->fir_state.history[ec->fir_state.curr_pos] *
405 (int)ec->fir_state.history[ec->fir_state.curr_pos];
407 ((new - old) + (1 << ec->log2taps)) >> ec->log2taps;
412 /* Calculate short term average levels using simple single pole IIRs */
414 ec->Ltxacc += abs(tx) - ec->Ltx;
415 ec->Ltx = (ec->Ltxacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
416 ec->Lrxacc += abs(rx) - ec->Lrx;
417 ec->Lrx = (ec->Lrxacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
419 /* Foreground filter --------------------------------------------------- */
421 ec->fir_state.coeffs = ec->fir_taps16[0];
422 echo_value = fir16(&ec->fir_state, tx);
423 ec->clean = rx - echo_value;
424 ec->Lcleanacc += abs(ec->clean) - ec->Lclean;
425 ec->Lclean = (ec->Lcleanacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
427 /* Background filter --------------------------------------------------- */
429 echo_value = fir16(&ec->fir_state_bg, tx);
430 clean_bg = rx - echo_value;
431 ec->Lclean_bgacc += abs(clean_bg) - ec->Lclean_bg;
432 ec->Lclean_bg = (ec->Lclean_bgacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
434 /* Background Filter adaption ----------------------------------------- */
436 /* Almost always adap bg filter, just simple DT and energy
437 detection to minimise adaption in cases of strong double talk.
438 However this is not critical for the dual path algorithm.
442 if ((ec->nonupdate_dwell == 0)) {
447 f = Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ------ (1)
449 where P is the total power in the filter states.
451 The Boffins have shown that if we obey (1) we converge
452 quickly and avoid instability.
454 The correct factor f must be in Q30, as this is the fixed
455 point format required by the lms_adapt_bg() function,
456 therefore the scaled version of (1) is:
458 (2^30) * f = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P
459 factor = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ----- (2)
461 We have chosen Beta = 0.25 by experiment, so:
463 factor = (2^30) * (2^-2) * clean_bg_rx/P
466 factor = clean_bg_rx 2 ----- (3)
468 To avoid a divide we approximate log2(P) as top_bit(P),
469 which returns the position of the highest non-zero bit in
470 P. This approximation introduces an error as large as a
471 factor of 2, but the algorithm seems to handle it OK.
473 Come to think of it a divide may not be a big deal on a
474 modern DSP, so its probably worth checking out the cycles
475 for a divide versus a top_bit() implementation.
478 P = MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION + ec->Pstates;
479 logP = top_bit(P) + ec->log2taps;
480 shift = 30 - 2 - logP;
483 lms_adapt_bg(ec, clean_bg, shift);
486 /* very simple DTD to make sure we dont try and adapt with strong
490 if ((ec->Lrx > MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION) && (ec->Lrx > ec->Ltx))
491 ec->nonupdate_dwell = DTD_HANGOVER;
492 if (ec->nonupdate_dwell)
493 ec->nonupdate_dwell--;
495 /* Transfer logic ------------------------------------------------------ */
497 /* These conditions are from the dual path paper [1], I messed with
498 them a bit to improve performance. */
500 if ((ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_ADAPTION) &&
501 (ec->nonupdate_dwell == 0) &&
503 7 * ec->Lclean) /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.875*ec->Lclean) */ &&
505 ec->Ltx) /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.125*ec->Ltx) */ ) {
506 if (ec->cond_met == 6) {
507 /* BG filter has had better results for 6 consecutive samples */
509 memcpy(ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->fir_taps16[1],
510 ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
516 /* Non-Linear Processing --------------------------------------------------- */
518 ec->clean_nlp = ec->clean;
519 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_NLP) {
520 /* Non-linear processor - a fancy way to say "zap small signals, to avoid
521 residual echo due to (uLaw/ALaw) non-linearity in the channel.". */
523 if ((16 * ec->Lclean < ec->Ltx)) {
524 /* Our e/c has improved echo by at least 24 dB (each factor of 2 is 6dB,
525 so 2*2*2*2=16 is the same as 6+6+6+6=24dB) */
526 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_CNG) {
527 ec->cng_level = ec->Lbgn;
529 /* Very elementary comfort noise generation. Just random
530 numbers rolled off very vaguely Hoth-like. DR: This
531 noise doesn't sound quite right to me - I suspect there
532 are some overlfow issues in the filtering as it's too
533 "crackly". TODO: debug this, maybe just play noise at
534 high level or look at spectrum.
538 1664525U * ec->cng_rndnum + 1013904223U;
540 ((ec->cng_rndnum & 0xFFFF) - 32768 +
541 5 * ec->cng_filter) >> 3;
543 (ec->cng_filter * ec->cng_level * 8) >> 14;
545 } else if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_CLIP) {
546 /* This sounds much better than CNG */
547 if (ec->clean_nlp > ec->Lbgn)
548 ec->clean_nlp = ec->Lbgn;
549 if (ec->clean_nlp < -ec->Lbgn)
550 ec->clean_nlp = -ec->Lbgn;
552 /* just mute the residual, doesn't sound very good, used mainly
557 /* Background noise estimator. I tried a few algorithms
558 here without much luck. This very simple one seems to
559 work best, we just average the level using a slow (1 sec
560 time const) filter if the current level is less than a
561 (experimentally derived) constant. This means we dont
562 include high level signals like near end speech. When
563 combined with CNG or especially CLIP seems to work OK.
565 if (ec->Lclean < 40) {
566 ec->Lbgn_acc += abs(ec->clean) - ec->Lbgn;
567 ec->Lbgn = (ec->Lbgn_acc + (1 << 11)) >> 12;
572 /* Roll around the taps buffer */
573 if (ec->curr_pos <= 0)
574 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps;
577 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_DISABLE)
580 /* Output scaled back up again to match input scaling */
582 return (int16_t) ec->clean_nlp << 1;
585 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_update);
587 /* This function is seperated from the echo canceller is it is usually called
588 as part of the tx process. See rx HP (DC blocking) filter above, it's
591 Some soft phones send speech signals with a lot of low frequency
592 energy, e.g. down to 20Hz. This can make the hybrid non-linear
593 which causes the echo canceller to fall over. This filter can help
594 by removing any low frequency before it gets to the tx port of the
597 It can also help by removing and DC in the tx signal. DC is bad
600 This is one of the classic DC removal filters, adjusted to provide sufficient
601 bass rolloff to meet the above requirement to protect hybrids from things that
602 upset them. The difference between successive samples produces a lousy HPF, and
603 then a suitably placed pole flattens things out. The final result is a nicely
604 rolled off bass end. The filtering is implemented with extended fractional
605 precision, which noise shapes things, giving very clean DC removal.
608 int16_t oslec_hpf_tx(struct oslec_state * ec, int16_t tx)
612 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_TX_HPF) {
615 /* Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. The first can still saturate a little under
616 impulse conditions, and it might roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak
617 level signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and the error due to
618 any saturation should not markedly affect the downstream processing. */
621 ec->tx_1 += -(ec->tx_1 >> DC_LOG2BETA) + tmp - ec->tx_2;
622 tmp1 = ec->tx_1 >> 15;
634 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_hpf_tx);
636 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
637 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Rowe");
638 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Open Source Line Echo Canceller");
639 MODULE_VERSION("0.3.0");