A variable parameter efficient μ-law improved proportionate affine projection algorithm

The proportionate affine projection algorithm (APA) was developed for echo cancellation. To further improve the convergence rate and tracking ability, in this paper, a variable parameter μ of the μ-law compression is applied to a recently μ-law “memory”-improved proportionate APA (MMIPAPA). In proposed algorithm, the parameter μ is not constant, but time varying and adaptive. Compared with MMIPAPA, simulation results show that the proposed algorithm, termed the adaptive μ-law “memory”-improved proportionate APA (AMMIPAPA), achieves better convergence performance and owns better tracking ability.