New HB-weighted time delay estimation algorithm under impulsive noise environment

The traditional HB-weighted time-delay estimation (TDE) method degenerates under the impulsive noise environment. Two new time-delay estimation methods are proposed based on fractional lower order statistics (FLOS) according to the impulsive characteristics of fractional lower order α-stable noises. Theoretic analysis and computer simulations indicate that the proposed covariation based HB weighted (COV-HB) algorithm can suppress impulsive noises in one received signal for 1 ≤α ≤ 2, whereas the other proposed fractional lower order covariance-based HB weighted (FLOC-HB) algorithm has robust performance under arbitrary impulsive noise conditions for the whole range of 0 <α ≤ 2.