Cone-shape distribution function
The cone-shape distribution function, also known as the Zhao-Atlas-Marks time-frequency distribution,[1] (acronymized as the ZAM [2][3][4] distribution[5] or ZAMD[1]), is one of the members of Cohen's class distribution function.[1][6] It was first proposed by Yunxin Zhao, Les E. Atlas, and Robert J. Marks II in 1990.[7] The distribution's name stems from the twin cone shape of the distribution's kernel function on the plane.[8] The advantage of the cone kernel function is that it can completely remove the cross-term between two components having the same center frequency. Cross-term results from components with the same time center, however, cannot be completely removed by the cone-shaped kernel.[9][10]
Mathematical definition
The definition of the cone-shape distribution function is:
where
and the kernel function is
The kernel function in domain is defined as:
Following are the magnitude distribution of the kernel function in domain.
![](../I/m/Cone_shape_1.jpg)
Following are the magnitude distribution of the kernel function in domain with different
values.
![](../I/m/Cone_shape_2.jpg)
As is seen in the figure above, a properly chosen kernel of cone-shape distribution function can filter out the interference on the axis in the
domain, or the ambiguity domain. Therefore, unlike the Choi-Williams distribution function, the cone-shape distribution function can effectively reduce the cross-term results form two component with same center frequency. However, the cross-terms on the
axis are still preserved.
The cone-shape distribution function is in the MATLAB Time-Frequency Toolbox[11] and National Instruments' LabVIEW Tools for Time-Frequency, Time-Series, and Wavelet Analysis [12]
See also
- Cohen's class distribution function
- Choi-Williams distribution function
- Wigner distribution function
- Ambiguity function
- Short-time Fourier transform
References
- 1 2 3 Leon Cohen, Time Frequency Analysis: Theory and Applications, Prentice Hall, (1994)
- ↑ L.M. Khadra, J. A. Draidi, M. A. Khasawneh, and M. M. Ibrahim. "Time-frequency distributions based on generalized cone-shaped kernels for the representation of nonstationary signals". Journal of the Franklin Institute 335 (5): 915–928. doi:10.1016/s0016-0032(97)00023-9.
- ↑ Deze Zeng, Xuan Zeng, G. Lu, and B. Tang (2011). "Automatic modulation classification of radar signals using the generalised time-frequency representation of Zhao, Atlas and Marks". IET radar, sonar & navigation 5 (4): 507–516. doi:10.1049/iet-rsn.2010.0174.
- ↑ James R. Bulgrin, Bernard J. Rubal, Theodore E. Posch, and Joe M. Moody. "Comparison of binomial, ZAM and minimum cross-entropy time-frequency distributions of intracardiac heart sounds". Signals, Systems and Computers, 1994. 1994 Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth Asilomar Conference on 1: 383–387.
- ↑ Christos,Skeberis, Zaharias D. Zaharis, Thomas D. Xenos, and Dimitrios Stratakis. (2014). "ZAM distribution analysis of radiowave ionospheric propagation interference measurements". Telecommunications and Multimedia (TEMU), 2014 International Conference on: 155–161.
- ↑ Leon Cohen (1989). "Time-frequency distributions-a review". Proceedings of the IEEE 77 (7): 941–981. doi:10.1109/5.30749.
- ↑ Y. Zhao, L. E. Atlas, and R. J. Marks II (July 1990). "The use of cone-shape kernels for generalized time-frequency representations of nonstationary signals". IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing 38 (7): 1084–1091. doi:10.1109/29.57537.
- ↑ R.J. Marks II (2009). Handbook of Fourier analysis & its applications. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Patrick J. Loughlin, James W. Pitton, and Les E. Atlas (1993). "Bilinear time-frequency representations: New insights and properties". IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 41 (2): 750–767. doi:10.1109/78.193215.
- ↑ Seho Oh and R. J. Marks II (1992). "Some properties of the generalized time frequency representation with cone-shaped kernel". IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 40 (7): 1735–1745. doi:10.1109/78.143445.
- ↑ Time-Frequency Toolbox For Use with MATLAB
- ↑ National Instruments. LabVIEW Tools for Time-Frequency, Time-Series, and Wavelet Analysis. TFA Cone-Shaped Distribution VI