Wigner higher-order spectra: definition, properties, computation and application to transient signal analysis

The Wigner higher order moment spectra (WHOS) are defined as extensions of the Wigner-Ville distribution (WD) to higher order moment spectra domains. A general class of time-frequency higher order moment spectra is also defined in terms of arbitrary higher order moments of the signal as generalizati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rodríguez Fonollosa, Javier|||0000-0002-0136-2586, Nikias, Chrysostomos L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1563
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1563
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Signal processing
Information theory
Continuous WHOS
Discrete time and frequency WHOS
Nonaliasing constraints
Signal detection
Spectral analysis
Statistical analysis
Time-frequency analysis
Time-frequency higher-order-moment spectra
Transient signal analysis
Wigner bispectrum
Wigner higher order moment spectra
Wigner-Ville distribution
DTF-WHOS
Processament del senyal
Teoria de la informació
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
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Sumario:The Wigner higher order moment spectra (WHOS) are defined as extensions of the Wigner-Ville distribution (WD) to higher order moment spectra domains. A general class of time-frequency higher order moment spectra is also defined in terms of arbitrary higher order moments of the signal as generalizations of the Cohen’s general class of time-frequency representations. The properties of the general class of time-frequency higher order moment spectra can be related to the properties of WHOS which are, in fact, extensions of the properties of the WD. Discrete time and frequency Wigner higher order moment spectra (DTF-WHOS) distributions are introduced for signal processing applications and are shown to be implemented with two FFT-based algorithms. One application is presented where the Wigner bispectrum (WB), which is a WHOS in the third-order moment domain, is utilized for the detection of transient signals embedded in noise. The WB is compared with the WD in terms of simulation examples and analysis of real sonar data. It is shown that better detection schemes can be derived, in low signal-to-noise ratio, when the WB is applied.