Abstract: A procedure and device are described for cancellation of the echo produced in telephone connections with electrical time-variant characteristics such as for example those affected by phase roll. The echo canceller obtained in accordance with the procedure which is the object of this invention produces an estimate of the echo signal by means of appropriate digital filtering of the signal originated by the far-end talker. The estimated echo is then subtracted from the actual echo. Filtering is activated by an IIR digital filter whose adaptive coefficients are updated by use of an adaptive algorithm based on decimation of the square error. The high convergence speed of said algorithm in the calculation of the coefficient correction step allows a correct estimate of the echo even in case of connections affected by phase roll.

Abstract: An echo cancellation device usable in telephone connections affected by phase-roll is described. The canceller calculates the echo path propagation delay and produces an estimate of the echo signal by digitally filtering the signal originated by the far-end talker. The echo estimate is then subtracted from the actual echo to eliminate listening disturbances. The filter used is of the FIR type with adaptive coefficients updated iteratively by adding algebraically, to the values which they had upon the preceding iteration, a correction term proportional to the estimate error. The frequency of the coefficient updating iterations is a multiple of the rate f.sub.c of acquisition of the voice and echo samples by the canceller.

Abstract: A digital multifrequency receiver circuit of the type employed between telephone system central offices, arranged to provide a faster response to received signals by processing the received signal tones digitally. The faster response resulting from the elimination of automatic gain control circuits and the use of a fixed gain amplifier used only when the received signal is below an acceptable level and the provision of a variable threshold to the individual frequency comparator circuits.