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noise.h
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1 /*
2  * SpanDSP - a series of DSP components for telephony
3  *
4  * noise.h - A low complexity audio noise generator, suitable for
5  * real time generation (current just approx AWGN)
6  *
7  * Written by Steve Underwood <steveu@coppice.org>
8  *
9  * Copyright (C) 2005 Steve Underwood
10  *
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26 
27 /*! \file */
28 
29 #if !defined(_SPANDSP_NOISE_H_)
30 #define _SPANDSP_NOISE_H_
31 
32 /*! \page noise_page Noise generation
33 
34 \section noise_page_sec_1 What does it do?
35 It generates audio noise. Currently it only generates reasonable quality
36 AWGN. It is designed to be of sufficiently low complexity to generate large
37 volumes of reasonable quality noise, in real time.
38 
39 Hoth noise is used to model indoor ambient noise when evaluating communications
40 systems such as telephones. It is named after D.F. Hoth, who made the first
41 systematic study of this. The official definition of Hoth noise is IEEE
42 standard 269-2001 (revised from 269-1992), "Draft Standard Methods for Measuring
43 Transmission Performance of Analog and Digital Telephone Sets, Handsets and Headsets."
44 
45 The table below gives the spectral density of Hoth noise, adjusted in level to produce
46 a reading of 50 dBA.
47 
48 Freq (Hz) Spectral Bandwidth Total power in
49  density 10 log_f each 1/3 octave band
50  (dB SPL/Hz) (dB) (dB SPL)
51  100 32.4 13.5 45.9
52  125 30.9 14.7 45.5
53  160 29.1 15.7 44.9
54  200 27.6 16.5 44.1
55  250 26.0 17.6 43.6
56  315 24.4 18.7 43.1
57  400 22.7 19.7 42.3
58  500 21.1 20.6 41.7
59  630 19.5 21.7 41.2
60  800 17.8 22.7 40.4
61 1000 16.2 23.5 39.7
62 1250 14.6 24.7 39.3
63 1600 12.9 25.7 38.7
64 2000 11.3 26.5 37.8
65 2500 9.6 27.6 37.2
66 3150 7.8 28.7 36.5
67 4000 5.4 29.7 34.8
68 5000 2.6 30.6 33.2
69 6300 -1.3 31.7 30.4
70 8000 -6.6 32.7 26.0
71 
72 The tolerance for each 1/3rd octave band is กำ3dB.
73 
74 \section awgn_page_sec_2 How does it work?
75 The central limit theorem says if you add a few random numbers together,
76 the result starts to look Gaussian. In this case we sum 8 random numbers.
77 The result is fast, and perfectly good as a noise source for many purposes.
78 It should not be trusted as a high quality AWGN generator, for elaborate
79 modelling purposes.
80 */
81 
82 enum
83 {
84  NOISE_CLASS_AWGN = 1,
85  NOISE_CLASS_HOTH
86 };
87 
88 /*!
89  Noise generator descriptor. This contains all the state information for an instance
90  of the noise generator.
91  */
93 
94 #if defined(__cplusplus)
95 extern "C"
96 {
97 #endif
98 
99 /*! Initialise an audio noise generator.
100  \brief Initialise an audio noise generator.
101  \param s The noise generator context.
102  \param seed A seed for the underlying random number generator.
103  \param level The noise power level in dBmO.
104  \param class_of_noise The class of noise (e.g. AWGN).
105  \param quality A parameter which permits speed and accuracy of the noise
106  generation to be adjusted.
107  \return A pointer to the noise generator context.
108 */
109 SPAN_DECLARE(noise_state_t *) noise_init_dbm0(noise_state_t *s, int seed, float level, int class_of_noise, int quality);
110 
111 SPAN_DECLARE(noise_state_t *) noise_init_dbov(noise_state_t *s, int seed, float level, int class_of_noise, int quality);
112 
113 SPAN_DECLARE(int) noise_release(noise_state_t *s);
114 
115 SPAN_DECLARE(int) noise_free(noise_state_t *s);
116 
117 /*! Generate a sample of audio noise.
118  \brief Generate a sample of audio noise.
119  \param s The noise generator context.
120  \return The generated sample.
121 */
122 SPAN_DECLARE(int16_t) noise(noise_state_t *s);
123 
124 #if defined(__cplusplus)
125 }
126 #endif
127 
128 #endif
129 /*- End of file ------------------------------------------------------------*/
Definition: private/noise.h:36
noise_state_t * noise_init_dbm0(noise_state_t *s, int seed, float level, int class_of_noise, int quality)
Initialise an audio noise generator.
Definition: noise.c:110
int16_t noise(noise_state_t *s)
Generate a sample of audio noise.
Definition: noise.c:52