Singular Value Decomposition

Digital information transmission is a growing field. Emails, videos and so on are transmitting around the world on a daily basis. Along the growth of using digital devises there is in some cases a great interest of keeping this information secure. In the field of signal processing a general concept is antenna transmission. Free space between an antenna transmitter and a receiver is an example of a system. In a rough environment such as a room with reflections and independent electrical devices there will be a lot of distortion in the system and the signal that is transmitted might, due to the system characteristics and noise be distorted. System identification is another well-known concept in signal processing. This thesis will focus on system identification in a rough environment and unknown systems. It will introduce mathematical tools from the field of linear algebra and applying them in signal processing. Mainly this thesis focus on a specific matrix factorization called Singular Value Decomposition (SVD). This is used to solve complicated inverses and identifying systems. This thesis is formed and accomplished in collaboration with Combitech AB. Their expertise in the field of signal processing was of great help when putting the algorithm in practice. Using a wellknown programming script called LabView the mathematical tools were synchronized with the instruments that were used to generate the systems and signals.