Sparse Modeling of Nonlinear Secondary Path for Nonlinear Active Noise Control

In many practical active noise control systems, the nonlinear secondary path (NSP) model can offer broader applications than the linear secondary path (LSP) model for the widespread existence of nonlinearities in the secondary path. However, the computational burden often limits the application of the NSP algorithms. In this paper, we apply a sparse Volterra model for the LSP and NSP instead of the complete Volterra model, which may be over parameterized for the nonlinear active noise control (NANC) system. The developed new control algorithms greatly result in reduction of computational complexity. We also provide an analysis of the NANC system to show that the noise at the canceling point could be approximated by the function expansion filters when the secondary path is modeled as the second-order Volterra series. In addition, two new function expansion forms, the even mirror Fourier nonlinear filter with a linear finite-impulse response section and the Chebyshev filter, are explored to process the nonlinearities in the NANC system using the filtered-x least mean square and filtered-error least mean square algorithm structures. The computational complexity analysis and the computer simulations validate that the new control algorithms with a sparse Volterra model for the secondary path can significantly reduce computational load without sacrificing the control performance.