1 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
3 * SpanDSP - a series of DSP components for telephony
5 * echo.c - A line echo canceller. This code is being developed
6 * against and partially complies with G168.
8 * Written by Steve Underwood <steveu@coppice.org>
9 * and David Rowe <david_at_rowetel_dot_com>
11 * Copyright (C) 2001, 2003 Steve Underwood, 2007 David Rowe
13 * Based on a bit from here, a bit from there, eye of toad, ear of
14 * bat, 15 years of failed attempts by David and a few fried brain
17 * All rights reserved.
22 /* Implementation Notes
26 This code started life as Steve's NLMS algorithm with a tap
27 rotation algorithm to handle divergence during double talk. I
28 added a Geigel Double Talk Detector (DTD) [2] and performed some
29 G168 tests. However I had trouble meeting the G168 requirements,
30 especially for double talk - there were always cases where my DTD
31 failed, for example where near end speech was under the 6dB
32 threshold required for declaring double talk.
34 So I tried a two path algorithm [1], which has so far given better
35 results. The original tap rotation/Geigel algorithm is available
36 in SVN http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit.
37 It's probably possible to make it work if some one wants to put some
40 At present no special treatment is provided for tones, which
41 generally cause NLMS algorithms to diverge. Initial runs of a
42 subset of the G168 tests for tones (e.g ./echo_test 6) show the
43 current algorithm is passing OK, which is kind of surprising. The
44 full set of tests needs to be performed to confirm this result.
46 One other interesting change is that I have managed to get the NLMS
47 code to work with 16 bit coefficients, rather than the original 32
48 bit coefficents. This reduces the MIPs and storage required.
49 I evaulated the 16 bit port using g168_tests.sh and listening tests
50 on 4 real-world samples.
52 I also attempted the implementation of a block based NLMS update
53 [2] but although this passes g168_tests.sh it didn't converge well
54 on the real-world samples. I have no idea why, perhaps a scaling
55 problem. The block based code is also available in SVN
56 http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/tags/before_16bit. If this
57 code can be debugged, it will lead to further reduction in MIPS, as
58 the block update code maps nicely onto DSP instruction sets (it's a
59 dot product) compared to the current sample-by-sample update.
61 Steve also has some nice notes on echo cancellers in echo.h
65 [1] Ochiai, Areseki, and Ogihara, "Echo Canceller with Two Echo
66 Path Models", IEEE Transactions on communications, COM-25,
69 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/dual_path_paper.pdf
71 [2] The classic, very useful paper that tells you how to
72 actually build a real world echo canceller:
73 Messerschmitt, Hedberg, Cole, Haoui, Winship, "Digital Voice
74 Echo Canceller with a TMS320020,
75 http://www.rowetel.com/images/echo/spra129.pdf
77 [3] I have written a series of blog posts on this work, here is
78 Part 1: http://www.rowetel.com/blog/?p=18
80 [4] The source code http://svn.rowetel.com/software/oslec/
82 [5] A nice reference on LMS filters:
83 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_mean_squares_filter
87 Thanks to Steve Underwood, Jean-Marc Valin, and Ramakrishnan
88 Muthukrishnan for their suggestions and email discussions. Thanks
89 also to those people who collected echo samples for me such as
90 Mark, Pawel, and Pavel.
93 #include <linux/kernel.h>
94 #include <linux/module.h>
95 #include <linux/slab.h>
99 #define MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
100 #define MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION 64
101 #define DTD_HANGOVER 600 /* 600 samples, or 75ms */
102 #define DC_LOG2BETA 3 /* log2() of DC filter Beta */
104 /* adapting coeffs using the traditional stochastic descent (N)LMS algorithm */
106 static inline void lms_adapt_bg(struct oslec_state
*ec
, int clean
, int shift
)
116 factor
= clean
<< shift
;
118 factor
= clean
>> -shift
;
120 /* Update the FIR taps */
122 offset2
= ec
->curr_pos
;
123 offset1
= ec
->taps
- offset2
;
125 for (i
= ec
->taps
- 1; i
>= offset1
; i
--) {
126 exp
= (ec
->fir_state_bg
.history
[i
- offset1
] * factor
);
127 ec
->fir_taps16
[1][i
] += (int16_t) ((exp
+ (1 << 14)) >> 15);
129 for (; i
>= 0; i
--) {
130 exp
= (ec
->fir_state_bg
.history
[i
+ offset2
] * factor
);
131 ec
->fir_taps16
[1][i
] += (int16_t) ((exp
+ (1 << 14)) >> 15);
135 static inline int top_bit(unsigned int bits
)
140 return (int)fls((int32_t) bits
) - 1;
143 struct oslec_state
*oslec_create(int len
, int adaption_mode
)
145 struct oslec_state
*ec
;
147 const int16_t *history
;
149 ec
= kzalloc(sizeof(*ec
), GFP_KERNEL
);
154 ec
->log2taps
= top_bit(len
);
155 ec
->curr_pos
= ec
->taps
- 1;
158 kcalloc(ec
->taps
, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL
);
159 if (!ec
->fir_taps16
[0])
163 kcalloc(ec
->taps
, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL
);
164 if (!ec
->fir_taps16
[1])
167 history
= fir16_create(&ec
->fir_state
, ec
->fir_taps16
[0], ec
->taps
);
170 history
= fir16_create(&ec
->fir_state_bg
, ec
->fir_taps16
[1], ec
->taps
);
174 for (i
= 0; i
< 5; i
++)
175 ec
->xvtx
[i
] = ec
->yvtx
[i
] = ec
->xvrx
[i
] = ec
->yvrx
[i
] = 0;
177 ec
->cng_level
= 1000;
178 oslec_adaption_mode(ec
, adaption_mode
);
180 ec
->snapshot
= kcalloc(ec
->taps
, sizeof(int16_t), GFP_KERNEL
);
186 ec
->ltxacc
= ec
->lrxacc
= ec
->lcleanacc
= ec
->lclean_bgacc
= 0;
187 ec
->ltx
= ec
->lrx
= ec
->lclean
= ec
->lclean_bg
= 0;
188 ec
->tx_1
= ec
->tx_2
= ec
->rx_1
= ec
->rx_2
= 0;
189 ec
->lbgn
= ec
->lbgn_acc
= 0;
190 ec
->lbgn_upper
= 200;
191 ec
->lbgn_upper_acc
= ec
->lbgn_upper
<< 13;
196 fir16_free(&ec
->fir_state_bg
);
198 fir16_free(&ec
->fir_state
);
200 kfree(ec
->fir_taps16
[1]);
202 kfree(ec
->fir_taps16
[0]);
207 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_create
);
209 void oslec_free(struct oslec_state
*ec
)
213 fir16_free(&ec
->fir_state
);
214 fir16_free(&ec
->fir_state_bg
);
215 for (i
= 0; i
< 2; i
++)
216 kfree(ec
->fir_taps16
[i
]);
220 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_free
);
222 void oslec_adaption_mode(struct oslec_state
*ec
, int adaption_mode
)
224 ec
->adaption_mode
= adaption_mode
;
226 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_adaption_mode
);
228 void oslec_flush(struct oslec_state
*ec
)
232 ec
->ltxacc
= ec
->lrxacc
= ec
->lcleanacc
= ec
->lclean_bgacc
= 0;
233 ec
->ltx
= ec
->lrx
= ec
->lclean
= ec
->lclean_bg
= 0;
234 ec
->tx_1
= ec
->tx_2
= ec
->rx_1
= ec
->rx_2
= 0;
236 ec
->lbgn
= ec
->lbgn_acc
= 0;
237 ec
->lbgn_upper
= 200;
238 ec
->lbgn_upper_acc
= ec
->lbgn_upper
<< 13;
240 ec
->nonupdate_dwell
= 0;
242 fir16_flush(&ec
->fir_state
);
243 fir16_flush(&ec
->fir_state_bg
);
244 ec
->fir_state
.curr_pos
= ec
->taps
- 1;
245 ec
->fir_state_bg
.curr_pos
= ec
->taps
- 1;
246 for (i
= 0; i
< 2; i
++)
247 memset(ec
->fir_taps16
[i
], 0, ec
->taps
* sizeof(int16_t));
249 ec
->curr_pos
= ec
->taps
- 1;
252 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_flush
);
254 void oslec_snapshot(struct oslec_state
*ec
)
256 memcpy(ec
->snapshot
, ec
->fir_taps16
[0], ec
->taps
* sizeof(int16_t));
258 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_snapshot
);
260 /* Dual Path Echo Canceller */
262 int16_t oslec_update(struct oslec_state
*ec
, int16_t tx
, int16_t rx
)
270 * Input scaling was found be required to prevent problems when tx
271 * starts clipping. Another possible way to handle this would be the
272 * filter coefficent scaling.
281 * Filter DC, 3dB point is 160Hz (I think), note 32 bit precision
282 * required otherwise values do not track down to 0. Zero at DC, Pole
283 * at (1-Beta) on real axis. Some chip sets (like Si labs) don't
284 * need this, but something like a $10 X100P card does. Any DC really
285 * slows down convergence.
287 * Note: removes some low frequency from the signal, this reduces the
288 * speech quality when listening to samples through headphones but may
289 * not be obvious through a telephone handset.
291 * Note that the 3dB frequency in radians is approx Beta, e.g. for Beta
292 * = 2^(-3) = 0.125, 3dB freq is 0.125 rads = 159Hz.
295 if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_RX_HPF
) {
299 * Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. This can still
300 * saturate a little under impulse conditions, and it might
301 * roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak level
302 * signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and
303 * the error due to any saturation should not markedly affect
304 * the downstream processing.
308 ec
->rx_1
+= -(ec
->rx_1
>> DC_LOG2BETA
) + tmp
- ec
->rx_2
;
311 * hard limit filter to prevent clipping. Note that at this
312 * stage rx should be limited to +/- 16383 due to right shift
315 tmp1
= ec
->rx_1
>> 15;
324 /* Block average of power in the filter states. Used for
325 adaption power calculation. */
330 /* efficient "out with the old and in with the new" algorithm so
331 we don't have to recalculate over the whole block of
333 new = (int)tx
* (int)tx
;
334 old
= (int)ec
->fir_state
.history
[ec
->fir_state
.curr_pos
] *
335 (int)ec
->fir_state
.history
[ec
->fir_state
.curr_pos
];
337 ((new - old
) + (1 << (ec
->log2taps
- 1))) >> ec
->log2taps
;
342 /* Calculate short term average levels using simple single pole IIRs */
344 ec
->ltxacc
+= abs(tx
) - ec
->ltx
;
345 ec
->ltx
= (ec
->ltxacc
+ (1 << 4)) >> 5;
346 ec
->lrxacc
+= abs(rx
) - ec
->lrx
;
347 ec
->lrx
= (ec
->lrxacc
+ (1 << 4)) >> 5;
349 /* Foreground filter */
351 ec
->fir_state
.coeffs
= ec
->fir_taps16
[0];
352 echo_value
= fir16(&ec
->fir_state
, tx
);
353 ec
->clean
= rx
- echo_value
;
354 ec
->lcleanacc
+= abs(ec
->clean
) - ec
->lclean
;
355 ec
->lclean
= (ec
->lcleanacc
+ (1 << 4)) >> 5;
357 /* Background filter */
359 echo_value
= fir16(&ec
->fir_state_bg
, tx
);
360 clean_bg
= rx
- echo_value
;
361 ec
->lclean_bgacc
+= abs(clean_bg
) - ec
->lclean_bg
;
362 ec
->lclean_bg
= (ec
->lclean_bgacc
+ (1 << 4)) >> 5;
364 /* Background Filter adaption */
366 /* Almost always adap bg filter, just simple DT and energy
367 detection to minimise adaption in cases of strong double talk.
368 However this is not critical for the dual path algorithm.
372 if (!ec
->nonupdate_dwell
) {
377 f = Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ------ (1)
379 where P is the total power in the filter states.
381 The Boffins have shown that if we obey (1) we converge
382 quickly and avoid instability.
384 The correct factor f must be in Q30, as this is the fixed
385 point format required by the lms_adapt_bg() function,
386 therefore the scaled version of (1) is:
388 (2^30) * f = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P
389 factor = (2^30) * Beta * clean_bg_rx/P ----- (2)
391 We have chosen Beta = 0.25 by experiment, so:
393 factor = (2^30) * (2^-2) * clean_bg_rx/P
396 factor = clean_bg_rx 2 ----- (3)
398 To avoid a divide we approximate log2(P) as top_bit(P),
399 which returns the position of the highest non-zero bit in
400 P. This approximation introduces an error as large as a
401 factor of 2, but the algorithm seems to handle it OK.
403 Come to think of it a divide may not be a big deal on a
404 modern DSP, so its probably worth checking out the cycles
405 for a divide versus a top_bit() implementation.
408 p
= MIN_TX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION
+ ec
->pstates
;
409 logp
= top_bit(p
) + ec
->log2taps
;
410 shift
= 30 - 2 - logp
;
413 lms_adapt_bg(ec
, clean_bg
, shift
);
416 /* very simple DTD to make sure we dont try and adapt with strong
420 if ((ec
->lrx
> MIN_RX_POWER_FOR_ADAPTION
) && (ec
->lrx
> ec
->ltx
))
421 ec
->nonupdate_dwell
= DTD_HANGOVER
;
422 if (ec
->nonupdate_dwell
)
423 ec
->nonupdate_dwell
--;
427 /* These conditions are from the dual path paper [1], I messed with
428 them a bit to improve performance. */
430 if ((ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_ADAPTION
) &&
431 (ec
->nonupdate_dwell
== 0) &&
432 /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.875*ec->Lclean) */
433 (8 * ec
->lclean_bg
< 7 * ec
->lclean
) &&
434 /* (ec->Lclean_bg < 0.125*ec->Ltx) */
435 (8 * ec
->lclean_bg
< ec
->ltx
)) {
436 if (ec
->cond_met
== 6) {
438 * BG filter has had better results for 6 consecutive
442 memcpy(ec
->fir_taps16
[0], ec
->fir_taps16
[1],
443 ec
->taps
* sizeof(int16_t));
449 /* Non-Linear Processing */
451 ec
->clean_nlp
= ec
->clean
;
452 if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_NLP
) {
454 * Non-linear processor - a fancy way to say "zap small
455 * signals, to avoid residual echo due to (uLaw/ALaw)
456 * non-linearity in the channel.".
459 if ((16 * ec
->lclean
< ec
->ltx
)) {
461 * Our e/c has improved echo by at least 24 dB (each
462 * factor of 2 is 6dB, so 2*2*2*2=16 is the same as
465 if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_CNG
) {
466 ec
->cng_level
= ec
->lbgn
;
469 * Very elementary comfort noise generation.
470 * Just random numbers rolled off very vaguely
471 * Hoth-like. DR: This noise doesn't sound
472 * quite right to me - I suspect there are some
473 * overflow issues in the filtering as it's too
475 * TODO: debug this, maybe just play noise at
476 * high level or look at spectrum.
480 1664525U * ec
->cng_rndnum
+ 1013904223U;
482 ((ec
->cng_rndnum
& 0xFFFF) - 32768 +
483 5 * ec
->cng_filter
) >> 3;
485 (ec
->cng_filter
* ec
->cng_level
* 8) >> 14;
487 } else if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_CLIP
) {
488 /* This sounds much better than CNG */
489 if (ec
->clean_nlp
> ec
->lbgn
)
490 ec
->clean_nlp
= ec
->lbgn
;
491 if (ec
->clean_nlp
< -ec
->lbgn
)
492 ec
->clean_nlp
= -ec
->lbgn
;
495 * just mute the residual, doesn't sound very
496 * good, used mainly in G168 tests
502 * Background noise estimator. I tried a few
503 * algorithms here without much luck. This very simple
504 * one seems to work best, we just average the level
505 * using a slow (1 sec time const) filter if the
506 * current level is less than a (experimentally
507 * derived) constant. This means we dont include high
508 * level signals like near end speech. When combined
509 * with CNG or especially CLIP seems to work OK.
511 if (ec
->lclean
< 40) {
512 ec
->lbgn_acc
+= abs(ec
->clean
) - ec
->lbgn
;
513 ec
->lbgn
= (ec
->lbgn_acc
+ (1 << 11)) >> 12;
518 /* Roll around the taps buffer */
519 if (ec
->curr_pos
<= 0)
520 ec
->curr_pos
= ec
->taps
;
523 if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_DISABLE
)
526 /* Output scaled back up again to match input scaling */
528 return (int16_t) ec
->clean_nlp
<< 1;
530 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_update
);
532 /* This function is separated from the echo canceller is it is usually called
533 as part of the tx process. See rx HP (DC blocking) filter above, it's
536 Some soft phones send speech signals with a lot of low frequency
537 energy, e.g. down to 20Hz. This can make the hybrid non-linear
538 which causes the echo canceller to fall over. This filter can help
539 by removing any low frequency before it gets to the tx port of the
542 It can also help by removing and DC in the tx signal. DC is bad
545 This is one of the classic DC removal filters, adjusted to provide
546 sufficient bass rolloff to meet the above requirement to protect hybrids
547 from things that upset them. The difference between successive samples
548 produces a lousy HPF, and then a suitably placed pole flattens things out.
549 The final result is a nicely rolled off bass end. The filtering is
550 implemented with extended fractional precision, which noise shapes things,
551 giving very clean DC removal.
554 int16_t oslec_hpf_tx(struct oslec_state
*ec
, int16_t tx
)
559 if (ec
->adaption_mode
& ECHO_CAN_USE_TX_HPF
) {
563 * Make sure the gain of the HPF is 1.0. The first can still
564 * saturate a little under impulse conditions, and it might
565 * roll to 32768 and need clipping on sustained peak level
566 * signals. However, the scale of such clipping is small, and
567 * the error due to any saturation should not markedly affect
568 * the downstream processing.
572 ec
->tx_1
+= -(ec
->tx_1
>> DC_LOG2BETA
) + tmp
- ec
->tx_2
;
573 tmp1
= ec
->tx_1
>> 15;
584 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(oslec_hpf_tx
);
586 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
587 MODULE_AUTHOR("David Rowe");
588 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Open Source Line Echo Canceller");
589 MODULE_VERSION("0.3.0");