A new adaptive strategy to improve online secondary path modeling in active noise control systems using fractional signal processing approach

In this paper, a new adaptive strategy based on fractional signal processing is proposed using multi-directional step size fractional least mean square algorithm for online secondary path modeling, which is a fundamental problem in practical active noise control systems, as opposed to the generally-employed increasing step size strategy that compromises model accuracy for faster convergence. The design approach presents step size strategy in relation with disturbance signal in the desired response of modeling filter which is not available directly so an indirect approach is used to track its variations. Comparative results for narrowband and broadband noise signals show that the proposed technique outperforms other state-of-the-art methods in terms of model accuracy and convergence rate. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.