Signal Processing Blockset™

Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank

Reconstruct signals from subbands with smaller bandwidths and slower sample rates

Library

Filtering / Multirate Filters

dspmlti4

Description

Note This block always outputs frame-based signals, and its inputs must be of certain sizes. To get sample-based outputs or to use input subbands that do not fit the criteria of this block, use the Two-Channel Synthesis Subband Filter block. (You can connect multiple copies of the Two-Channel Synthesis Subband Filter block to create a multilevel dyadic synthesis filter bank.)

The Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank block reconstructs a signal decomposed by the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block. The block takes in subbands of a signal, and uses them to reconstruct the signal by using a series of highpass and lowpass FIR filters as illustrated in the figure n-Level Asymmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank. The reconstructed signal has a wider bandwidth and faster sample rate than the input subbands.

You can specify the filter bank's highpass and lowpass filters by providing vectors of filter coefficients. If you install the Wavelet Toolbox™ product, you can also specify wavelet-based filters by selecting a wavelet from the Filter parameter.

Note To use a dyadic synthesis filter bank to perfectly reconstruct the output of a dyadic analysis filter bank, the number of levels and tree structures of both filter banks must be the same. In addition, the filters in the synthesis filter bank must be designed to perfectly reconstruct the outputs of the analysis filter bank. Otherwise, the reconstruction is not perfect.

This block automatically computes wavelet-based perfect reconstruction filters when the wavelet selection in the Filter parameter of this block is the same as the Filter parameter setting of the corresponding Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block. The use of wavelets requires the Wavelet Toolbox product. To learn how to design your own perfect reconstruction filters, see References.

Input Requirements

The inputs to this block are usually the outputs of a Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block. Since the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block can output from either a single port or multiple ports, the Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank block accepts inputs to either a single port or multiple ports.

The Input parameter sets whether the block accepts inputs from a single port or multiple ports, and thus determines the input requirements, as summarized in the following lists and figure.

Note Any output of a Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block whose parameter settings match the corresponding settings of this block is a valid input to this block. For example, the setting of the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block parameter, Output, must be the same as this block's Input parameter (Single port or Multiple ports).

Valid Inputs for Input Set to Single Port

Inputs must be sample-based vectors or sample-based matrices of concatenated subbands.
Each input column contains the subbands for an independent signal.
Upper input rows contain the high-frequency subbands, and the lower rows contain the low-frequency subbands.

Valid Inputs for Input Set to Multiple Ports

Inputs must be a frame-based vector or frame-based matrix for each subband, each of which is input to a separate input port.
The columns of each input contains a subband for an independent signal.
The input to the topmost input port is the subband containing the highest frequencies, and the input to the bottommost port is the subband containing the lowest frequencies.
Valid Inputs to a 3-Level Asymmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank

For general information about the filter banks, see Dyadic Synthesis Filter Banks.

Output Characteristics

The following table summarizes the output characteristics for both frame-based inputs, and concatenated subband inputs. For an illustration of why the output characteristics exist, see the figure Valid Inputs to a 3-Level Asymmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank.

	Frame-Based Inputs (Input = Multiple ports)	Concatenated Subband Inputs (Input = Single port)
Output Frame Status	Outputs are always frame based regardless of the input frame status. Each output column is an independent channel, reconstructed from the corresponding channel in the inputs.
Output Frame Rate	Same as the input frame rate.	Same as the input rate (the rate of the concatenated subband inputs).
Output Frame Dimensions	The output has the same number of columns as the inputs. The number of output rows depends on the tree structure of the filter bank: Asymmetric — The number of output rows is twice the number of rows in the input to the topmost input port. Symmetric — The number of output rows is the product of the number of input ports and the number of rows in an input to any input port.	The output has the same number of rows and columns as the input.

For general information about the filter banks, see Dyadic Synthesis Filter Banks.

Filter Bank Filters

You must specify the highpass and lowpass filters in the filter bank by setting the Filter parameter to one of the following options:

User defined — Allows you to explicitly specify the filters with two vectors of filter coefficients in the Lowpass FIR filter coefficients and Highpass FIR filter coefficients parameters. The block uses the same lowpass and highpass filters throughout the filter bank. The two filters should be halfband filters, where each filter passes the frequency band that the other filter stops. To use this block to perfectly reconstruct a signal decomposed by a Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block, the filters in this block must be designed to perfectly reconstruct the outputs of the analysis filter bank. To learn how to design your own perfect reconstruction filters, see References.
Wavelet such as Biorthogonal or Daubechies — The block uses the specified wavelet to construct the lowpass and highpass filters using the Wavelet Toolbox function wfilters. Depending on the wavelet, the block might enable either the Wavelet order or Filter order [synthesis / analysis] parameter. (The latter parameter allows you to specify different wavelet orders for the analysis and synthesis filter stages.) To use this block to reconstruct a signal decomposed by a Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block, you must set both blocks to use the same wavelets with the same order. You must install the Wavelet Toolbox product to use wavelets.

Specifying Filters with the Filter Parameter and Related Parameters

Filter	Sample Setting for Related Filter Specification Parameters	Corresponding Wavelet Function Syntax
User-defined	Filters based on Daubechies wavelets with wavelet order `3`: Lowpass FIR filter coefficients = `[0.0352 -0.0854 -0.1350 0.4599 0.8069 0.3327]` Highpass FIR filter coefficients = `[-0.3327 0.8069 -0.4599 -0.1350 0.0854 0.0352]`	None
Haar	None	`wfilters('haar')`
Daubechies	Wavelet order = `4`	`wfilters('db4')`
Symlets	Wavelet order = `3`	`wfilters('sym3')`
Coiflets	Wavelet order = `1`	`wfilters('coif1')`
Biorthogonal	Filter order [synthesis / analysis] = `[3/1]`	`wfilters('bior3.1')`
Reverse Biorthogonal	Filter order [synthesis / analysis] = `[3/1]`	`wfilters('rbio3.1')`
Discrete Meyer	None	`wfilters('dmey')`

Examples

See Examples in the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block reference.

Dialog Box

The parameters displayed in the block dialog vary depending on the setting of the Filter parameter. Only some of the parameters described below are visible in the dialog box at any one time.

Note To use this block to reconstruct a signal decomposed by a Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block, all the parameters in this block must be the same as the corresponding parameters in the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank block (except the Lowpass FIR filter coefficients and Highpass FIR filter coefficients; see the descriptions of these parameters).

Filter

The type of filter used to determine the high- and low-pass FIR filters in the dyadic synthesis filter bank:

Select User defined to explicitly specify the filter coefficients in the Lowpass FIR filter coefficients and Highpass FIR filter coefficients parameters.
Select a wavelet such as Biorthogonal or Daubechies to specify a wavelet-based filter. The block uses the Wavelet Toolbox function wfilters to construct the filters. Extra parameters such as Wavelet order or Filter order [synthesis / analysis] might become enabled. For a list of the supported wavelets, see the table Specifying Filters with the Filter Parameter and Related Parameters.

Lowpass FIR filter coefficients

A vector of filter coefficients (descending powers of z) that specifies coefficients used by all the lowpass filters in the filter bank. This parameter is enabled when you set Filter to User defined. The lowpass filter should be a half-band filter that passes the frequency band stopped by the filter specified in the Highpass FIR filter coefficients parameter. To perfectly reconstruct a signal decomposed by the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank, the filters in this block must be designed to perfectly reconstruct the outputs of the analysis filter bank. Otherwise, the reconstruction is not perfect. The default values of this parameter specify a perfect reconstruction filter for the default settings of the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank (based on a Daubechies wavelet with wavelet order 3).

Highpass FIR filter coefficients

A vector of filter coefficients (descending powers of z) that specifies coefficients used by all the highpass filters in the filter bank. This parameter is enabled when you set Filter to User defined. The highpass filter should be a half-band filter that passes the frequency band stopped by the filter specified in the Lowpass FIR filter coefficients parameter. To perfectly reconstruct a signal decomposed by the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank, the filters in this block must be designed to perfectly reconstruct the outputs of the analysis filter bank. Otherwise, the reconstruction is not perfect. The default values of this parameter specify a perfect reconstruction filter for the default settings of the Dyadic Analysis Filter Bank (based on a Daubechies wavelet with wavelet order 3).

Wavelet order

The order of the wavelet selected in the Filter parameter. This parameter is enabled only when you set Filter to certain types of wavelets, as shown in the table Specifying Filters with the Filter Parameter and Related Parameters.

Filter order [synthesis / analysis]

The order of the wavelet for the synthesis and analysis filter stages. For example, when you set the Filter parameter to Biorthogonal and set the Filter order [synthesis / analysis] parameter to [2 / 6], the block calls the wfilters function with input argument 'bior2.6'. This parameter is enabled only when you set Filter to certain types of wavelets, as shown in Specifying Filters with the Filter Parameter and Related Parameters.

Number of levels

The number of filter bank levels. An n-level asymmetric structure has n+1 outputs, and an n-level symmetric structure has 2ⁿ outputs, as shown in n-Level Asymmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank and n-Level Symmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank.

Tree structure

The structure of the filter bank: Asymmetric, or Symmetric. See the figures n-Level Asymmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank and n-Level Symmetric Dyadic Synthesis Filter Bank.

Input

Set to Multiple ports to accept each input subband at a separate port (the topmost port accepts the subband with the highest frequency band). Set to Single port to accept one vector or matrix of concatenated subbands at a single port. For more information, see Input Requirements.

References

Fliege, N. J. Multirate Digital Signal Processing: Multirate Systems, Filter Banks, Wavelets. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, 1994.

Strang, G. and T. Nguyen. Wavelets and Filter Banks. Wellesley, MA: Wellesley-Cambridge Press, 1996.

Vaidyanathan, P. P. Multirate Systems and Filter Banks. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993.

Supported Data Types

Double-precision floating point
Single-precision floating point

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