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In the context of microphone arrays, the term post-filtering denotes the post-processing of the array output by a single-channel noise suppression filter. A theoretical analysis shows that Wiener post-filtering of the output of an optimum distortionless beamformer provides a minimum mean squared error solution. We examine published methods for post-filter estimation and develop a new algorithm. A simulation system is presented to compare the performance of the discussed algorithms.
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Simmer, K.U., Bitzer, J., Marro, C. (2001). Post-Filtering Techniques. In: Brandstein, M., Ward, D. (eds) Microphone Arrays. Digital Signal Processing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04619-7_3
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