Time Domain Sampling of the Radial Functions in Spherical Harmonics Expansions

Spherical harmonics representations are widely adopted in applications such as analysis, manipulation, and synthesis of wave fields that are either captured or simulated. Recent studies have shown that, for broadband fields, a time domain representation of spherical harmonics expansions can benefit...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on signal processing 2021, Vol.69, p.4502-4512
Main Authors: Hahn, Nara, Schultz, Frank, Spors, Sascha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aliasing
Array signal processing
Broadband
Computational modeling
Distortion
Finite impulse response filters
FIR filters
Harmonic analysis
Numerical models
Radial filter
radial function
Representations
Sampling
Spherical harmonics
time dependent wave field
Time domain analysis
time-domain spherical harmonics expansion
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Summary:Spherical harmonics representations are widely adopted in applications such as analysis, manipulation, and synthesis of wave fields that are either captured or simulated. Recent studies have shown that, for broadband fields, a time domain representation of spherical harmonics expansions can benefit from computational efficiency and favorable transient properties. For practical usage, an accurate discrete-time modeling of spherical harmonics expansions is indispensable. The main challenge is to model the so called radial functions which describe the radial and frequency dependencies. In homogeneous cases, they are commonly realized as finite impulse response filters where the coefficients are obtained by sampling the continuous-time representations. This article investigates the temporal and spectral properties of the resulting discrete-time radial functions. The spectral distortions caused by aliasing are evaluated both analytically and numerically, revealing the influence of the distance from the expansion center, sampling frequency, and fractional sample delay. It is also demonstrated how the aliasing can be reduced by employing a recently introduced band limitation method.
ISSN:1053-587X
1941-0476
DOI:10.1109/TSP.2021.3092892