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
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34 /* Implementation Notes
38 This code started life as Steve's NLMS algorithm with a tap
39 rotation algorithm to handle divergence during double talk. I
40 added a Geigel Double Talk Detector (DTD) [2] and performed some
41 G168 tests. However I had trouble meeting the G168 requirements,
42 especially for double talk - there were always cases where my DTD
43 failed, for example where near end speech was under the 6dB
44 threshold required for declaring double talk.
46 So I tried a two path algorithm [1], which has so far given better
47 results. The original tap rotation/Geigel algorithm is available
48 in SVN http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit.
49 It's probably possible to make it work if some one wants to put some
52 At present no special treatment is provided for tones, which
53 generally cause NLMS algorithms to diverge. Initial runs of a
54 subset of the G168 tests for tones (e.g ./echo_test 6) show the
55 current algorithm is passing OK, which is kind of surprising. The
56 full set of tests needs to be performed to confirm this result.
58 One other interesting change is that I have managed to get the NLMS
59 code to work with 16 bit coefficients, rather than the original 32
60 bit coefficents. This reduces the MIPs and storage required.
61 I evaulated the 16 bit port using g168_tests.sh and listening tests
62 on 4 real-world samples.
64 I also attempted the implementation of a block based NLMS update
65 [2] but although this passes g168_tests.sh it didn't converge well
66 on the real-world samples. I have no idea why, perhaps a scaling
67 problem. The block based code is also available in SVN
68 http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit. If this
69 code can be debugged, it will lead to further reduction in MIPS, as
70 the block update code maps nicely onto DSP instruction sets (it's a
71 dot product) compared to the current sample-by-sample update.
73 Steve also has some nice notes on echo cancellers in echo.h
77 [1] Ochiai, Areseki, and Ogihara, "Echo Canceller with Two Echo
78 Path Models", IEEE Transactions on communications, COM-25,
81 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/dual_path_paper.pdf
83 [2] The classic, very useful paper that tells you how to
84 actually build a real world echo canceller:
85 Messerschmitt, Hedberg, Cole, Haoui, Winship, "Digital Voice
86 Echo Canceller with a TMS320020,
87 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/spra129.pdf
89 [3] I have written a series of blog posts on this work, here is
90 Part 1: http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=18
92 [4] The source code http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/
94 [5] A nice reference on LMS filters:
95 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_mean_squares_filter
99 Thanks to Steve Underwood, Jean-Marc Valin, and Ramakrishnan
100 Muthukrishnan for their suggestions and email discussions. Thanks
101 also to those people who collected echo samples for me such as
102 Mark, Pawel, and Pavel.
105 #include <linux/kernel.h> /* We're doing kernel work */
106 #include <linux/module.h>
107 #include <linux/slab.h>
109 #include "bit_operations.h"
112 #define MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
113 #define MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
114 #define DTD_HANGOVER 600 /* 600 samples, or 75ms */
115 #define DC_LOG2BETA 3 /* log2() of DC filter Beta */
117 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*\
119 \*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
121 /* adapting coeffs using the traditional stochastic descent (N)LMS algorithm */
124 static inline void lms_adapt_bg(struct oslec_state *ec, int clean,
136 factor = clean << shift;
138 factor = clean >> -shift;
140 /* Update the FIR taps */
142 offset2 = ec->curr_pos;
143 offset1 = ec->taps - offset2;
144 phist = &ec->fir_state_bg.history[offset2];
146 /* st: and en: help us locate the assembler in echo.s */
150 for (i = 0, j = offset2; i < n; i++, j++) {
151 exp = *phist++ * factor;
152 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
156 /* Note the asm for the inner loop above generated by Blackfin gcc
157 4.1.1 is pretty good (note even parallel instructions used):
168 A block based update algorithm would be much faster but the
169 above can't be improved on much. Every instruction saved in
170 the loop above is 2 MIPs/ch! The for loop above is where the
171 Blackfin spends most of it's time - about 17 MIPs/ch measured
172 with speedtest.c with 256 taps (32ms). Write-back and
173 Write-through cache gave about the same performance.
178 IDEAS for further optimisation of lms_adapt_bg():
180 1/ The rounding is quite costly. Could we keep as 32 bit coeffs
181 then make filter pluck the MS 16-bits of the coeffs when filtering?
182 However this would lower potential optimisation of filter, as I
183 think the dual-MAC architecture requires packed 16 bit coeffs.
185 2/ Block based update would be more efficient, as per comments above,
186 could use dual MAC architecture.
188 3/ Look for same sample Blackfin LMS code, see if we can get dual-MAC
191 4/ Execute the whole e/c in a block of say 20ms rather than sample
192 by sample. Processing a few samples every ms is inefficient.
196 static inline void lms_adapt_bg(struct oslec_state *ec, int clean,
207 factor = clean << shift;
209 factor = clean >> -shift;
211 /* Update the FIR taps */
213 offset2 = ec->curr_pos;
214 offset1 = ec->taps - offset2;
216 for (i = ec->taps - 1; i >= offset1; i--) {
217 exp = (ec->fir_state_bg.history[i - offset1] * factor);
218 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
220 for (; i >= 0; i--) {
221 exp = (ec->fir_state_bg.history[i + offset2] * factor);
222 ec->fir_taps16[1][i] += (int16_t) ((exp + (1 << 14)) >> 15);
227 struct oslec_state *oslec_create(int len, int adaption_mode)
229 struct oslec_state *ec;
232 ec = kzalloc(sizeof(*ec), GFP_KERNEL);
237 ec->log2taps = top_bit(len);
238 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
240 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
242 kcalloc(ec->taps, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
243 if (!ec->fir_taps16[i])
247 fir16_create(&ec->fir_state, ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->taps);
248 fir16_create(&ec->fir_state_bg, ec->fir_taps16[1], ec->taps);
250 for (i = 0; i < 5; i++)
251 ec->xvtx[i] = ec->yvtx[i] = ec->xvrx[i] = ec->yvrx[i] = 0;
253 ec->cng_level = 1000;
254 oslec_adaption_mode(ec, adaption_mode);
256 ec->snapshot = kcalloc(ec->taps, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL);
262 ec->Ltxacc = ec->Lrxacc = ec->Lcleanacc = ec->Lclean_bgacc = 0;
263 ec->Ltx = ec->Lrx = ec->Lclean = ec->Lclean_bg = 0;
264 ec->tx_1 = ec->tx_2 = ec->rx_1 = ec->rx_2 = 0;
265 ec->Lbgn = ec->Lbgn_acc = 0;
266 ec->Lbgn_upper = 200;
267 ec->Lbgn_upper_acc = ec->Lbgn_upper << 13;
272 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
273 kfree(ec->fir_taps16[i]);
278 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_create);
280 void oslec_free(struct oslec_state *ec)
284 fir16_free(&ec->fir_state);
285 fir16_free(&ec->fir_state_bg);
286 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
287 kfree(ec->fir_taps16[i]);
291 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_free);
293 void oslec_adaption_mode(struct oslec_state *ec, int adaption_mode)
295 ec->adaption_mode = adaption_mode;
297 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_adaption_mode);
299 void oslec_flush(struct oslec_state *ec)
303 ec->Ltxacc = ec->Lrxacc = ec->Lcleanacc = ec->Lclean_bgacc = 0;
304 ec->Ltx = ec->Lrx = ec->Lclean = ec->Lclean_bg = 0;
305 ec->tx_1 = ec->tx_2 = ec->rx_1 = ec->rx_2 = 0;
307 ec->Lbgn = ec->Lbgn_acc = 0;
308 ec->Lbgn_upper = 200;
309 ec->Lbgn_upper_acc = ec->Lbgn_upper << 13;
311 ec->nonupdate_dwell = 0;
313 fir16_flush(&ec->fir_state);
314 fir16_flush(&ec->fir_state_bg);
315 ec->fir_state.curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
316 ec->fir_state_bg.curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
317 for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
318 memset(ec->fir_taps16[i], 0, ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
320 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps - 1;
323 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_flush);
325 void oslec_snapshot(struct oslec_state *ec)
327 memcpy(ec->snapshot, ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
329 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_snapshot);
331 /* Dual Path Echo Canceller ------------------------------------------------*/
333 int16_t oslec_update(struct oslec_state *ec, int16_t tx, int16_t rx)
339 /* Input scaling was found be required to prevent problems when tx
340 starts clipping. Another possible way to handle this would be the
341 filter coefficent scaling. */
349 Filter DC, 3dB point is 160Hz (I think), note 32 bit precision required
350 otherwise values do not track down to 0. Zero at DC, Pole at (1-Beta)
351 only real axis. Some chip sets (like Si labs) don't need
352 this, but something like a $10 X100P card does. Any DC really slows
355 Note: removes some low frequency from the signal, this reduces
356 the speech quality when listening to samples through headphones
357 but may not be obvious through a telephone handset.
359 Note that the 3dB frequency in radians is approx Beta, e.g. for
360 Beta = 2^(-3) = 0.125, 3dB freq is 0.125 rads = 159Hz.
363 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_RX_HPF) {
366 /* Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. This can still saturate a little under
367 impulse conditions, and it might roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak
368 level signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and the error due to
369 any saturation should not markedly affect the downstream processing. */
372 ec->rx_1 += -(ec->rx_1 >> DC_LOG2BETA) + tmp - ec->rx_2;
374 /* hard limit filter to prevent clipping. Note that at this stage
375 rx should be limited to +/- 16383 due to right shift above */
376 tmp1 = ec->rx_1 >> 15;
385 /* Block average of power in the filter states. Used for
386 adaption power calculation. */
391 /* efficient "out with the old and in with the new" algorithm so
392 we don't have to recalculate over the whole block of
394 new = (int)tx * (int)tx;
395 old = (int)ec->fir_state.history[ec->fir_state.curr_pos] *
396 (int)ec->fir_state.history[ec->fir_state.curr_pos];
398 ((new - old) + (1 << (ec->log2taps-1))) >> ec->log2taps;
403 /* Calculate short term average levels using simple single pole IIRs */
405 ec->Ltxacc += abs(tx) - ec->Ltx;
406 ec->Ltx = (ec->Ltxacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
407 ec->Lrxacc += abs(rx) - ec->Lrx;
408 ec->Lrx = (ec->Lrxacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
410 /* Foreground filter --------------------------------------------------- */
412 ec->fir_state.coeffs = ec->fir_taps16[0];
413 echo_value = fir16(&ec->fir_state, tx);
414 ec->clean = rx - echo_value;
415 ec->Lcleanacc += abs(ec->clean) - ec->Lclean;
416 ec->Lclean = (ec->Lcleanacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
418 /* Background filter --------------------------------------------------- */
420 echo_value = fir16(&ec->fir_state_bg, tx);
421 clean_bg = rx - echo_value;
422 ec->Lclean_bgacc += abs(clean_bg) - ec->Lclean_bg;
423 ec->Lclean_bg = (ec->Lclean_bgacc + (1 << 4)) >> 5;
425 /* Background Filter adaption ----------------------------------------- */
427 /* Almost always adap bg filter, just simple DT and energy
428 detection to minimise adaption in cases of strong double talk.
429 However this is not critical for the dual path algorithm.
433 if ((ec->nonupdate_dwell == 0)) {
438 f = Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ------ (1)
440 where P is the total power in the filter states.
442 The Boffins have shown that if we obey (1) we converge
443 quickly and avoid instability.
445 The correct factor f must be in Q30, as this is the fixed
446 point format required by the lms_adapt_bg() function,
447 therefore the scaled version of (1) is:
449 (2^30) * f = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P
450 factor = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ----- (2)
452 We have chosen Beta = 0.25 by experiment, so:
454 factor = (2^30) * (2^-2) * clean_bg_rx/P
457 factor = clean_bg_rx 2 ----- (3)
459 To avoid a divide we approximate log2(P) as top_bit(P),
460 which returns the position of the highest non-zero bit in
461 P. This approximation introduces an error as large as a
462 factor of 2, but the algorithm seems to handle it OK.
464 Come to think of it a divide may not be a big deal on a
465 modern DSP, so its probably worth checking out the cycles
466 for a divide versus a top_bit() implementation.
469 P = MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION + ec->Pstates;
470 logP = top_bit(P) + ec->log2taps;
471 shift = 30 - 2 - logP;
474 lms_adapt_bg(ec, clean_bg, shift);
477 /* very simple DTD to make sure we dont try and adapt with strong
481 if ((ec->Lrx > MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION) && (ec->Lrx > ec->Ltx))
482 ec->nonupdate_dwell = DTD_HANGOVER;
483 if (ec->nonupdate_dwell)
484 ec->nonupdate_dwell--;
486 /* Transfer logic ------------------------------------------------------ */
488 /* These conditions are from the dual path paper [1], I messed with
489 them a bit to improve performance. */
491 if ((ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_ADAPTION) &&
492 (ec->nonupdate_dwell == 0) &&
493 /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.875*ec->Lclean) */
494 (8 * ec->Lclean_bg < 7 * ec->Lclean) &&
495 /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.125*ec->Ltx) */
496 (8 * ec->Lclean_bg < ec->Ltx)) {
497 if (ec->cond_met == 6) {
498 /* BG filter has had better results for 6 consecutive samples */
500 memcpy(ec->fir_taps16[0], ec->fir_taps16[1],
501 ec->taps * sizeof(int16_t));
507 /* Non-Linear Processing --------------------------------------------------- */
509 ec->clean_nlp = ec->clean;
510 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_NLP) {
511 /* Non-linear processor - a fancy way to say "zap small signals, to avoid
512 residual echo due to (uLaw/ALaw) non-linearity in the channel.". */
514 if ((16 * ec->Lclean < ec->Ltx)) {
515 /* Our e/c has improved echo by at least 24 dB (each factor of 2 is 6dB,
516 so 2*2*2*2=16 is the same as 6+6+6+6=24dB) */
517 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_CNG) {
518 ec->cng_level = ec->Lbgn;
520 /* Very elementary comfort noise generation. Just random
521 numbers rolled off very vaguely Hoth-like. DR: This
522 noise doesn't sound quite right to me - I suspect there
523 are some overlfow issues in the filtering as it's too
524 "crackly". TODO: debug this, maybe just play noise at
525 high level or look at spectrum.
529 1664525U * ec->cng_rndnum + 1013904223U;
531 ((ec->cng_rndnum & 0xFFFF) - 32768 +
532 5 * ec->cng_filter) >> 3;
534 (ec->cng_filter * ec->cng_level * 8) >> 14;
536 } else if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_CLIP) {
537 /* This sounds much better than CNG */
538 if (ec->clean_nlp > ec->Lbgn)
539 ec->clean_nlp = ec->Lbgn;
540 if (ec->clean_nlp < -ec->Lbgn)
541 ec->clean_nlp = -ec->Lbgn;
543 /* just mute the residual, doesn't sound very good, used mainly
548 /* Background noise estimator. I tried a few algorithms
549 here without much luck. This very simple one seems to
550 work best, we just average the level using a slow (1 sec
551 time const) filter if the current level is less than a
552 (experimentally derived) constant. This means we dont
553 include high level signals like near end speech. When
554 combined with CNG or especially CLIP seems to work OK.
556 if (ec->Lclean < 40) {
557 ec->Lbgn_acc += abs(ec->clean) - ec->Lbgn;
558 ec->Lbgn = (ec->Lbgn_acc + (1 << 11)) >> 12;
563 /* Roll around the taps buffer */
564 if (ec->curr_pos <= 0)
565 ec->curr_pos = ec->taps;
568 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_DISABLE)
571 /* Output scaled back up again to match input scaling */
573 return (int16_t) ec->clean_nlp << 1;
575 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_update);
577 /* This function is seperated from the echo canceller is it is usually called
578 as part of the tx process. See rx HP (DC blocking) filter above, it's
581 Some soft phones send speech signals with a lot of low frequency
582 energy, e.g. down to 20Hz. This can make the hybrid non-linear
583 which causes the echo canceller to fall over. This filter can help
584 by removing any low frequency before it gets to the tx port of the
587 It can also help by removing and DC in the tx signal. DC is bad
590 This is one of the classic DC removal filters, adjusted to provide sufficient
591 bass rolloff to meet the above requirement to protect hybrids from things that
592 upset them. The difference between successive samples produces a lousy HPF, and
593 then a suitably placed pole flattens things out. The final result is a nicely
594 rolled off bass end. The filtering is implemented with extended fractional
595 precision, which noise shapes things, giving very clean DC removal.
598 int16_t oslec_hpf_tx(struct oslec_state *ec, int16_t tx)
602 if (ec->adaption_mode & ECHO_CAN_USE_TX_HPF) {
605 /* Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. The first can still saturate a little under
606 impulse conditions, and it might roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak
607 level signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and the error due to
608 any saturation should not markedly affect the downstream processing. */
611 ec->tx_1 += -(ec->tx_1 >> DC_LOG2BETA) + tmp - ec->tx_2;
612 tmp1 = ec->tx_1 >> 15;
623 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_hpf_tx);
625 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
626 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Rowe");
627 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Open Source Line Echo Canceller");
628 MODULE_VERSION("0.3.0");