A Survey of Integrating Wireless Technology into Active Noise Control

TL;DR

This survey reviews how wireless technology enhances Active Noise Control systems by improving signal quality, reducing computational complexity, and enabling diverse applications like earbuds and headphones.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of wireless integration techniques in ANC, highlighting innovative algorithms and practical applications across different environments.

Findings

Wireless techniques improve ANC signal quality and convergence.

Wireless ANC applications are effective in earbuds, headphones, and windows.

Avoiding microphone arrays reduces computational complexity.

Abstract

Active Noise Control (ANC) is a widely adopted technology for reducing environmental noise across various scenarios. This paper focuses on enhancing noise reduction performance, particularly through the refinement of signal quality fed into ANC systems. We discuss the main wireless technique integrated into the ANC system, equipped with some innovative algorithms, in diverse environments. Instead of using microphone arrays, which increase the computation complexity of the ANC system, to isolate multiple noise sources to improve noise reduction performance, the application of the wireless technique avoids extra computation demand. Wireless transmissions of reference, error, and control signals are also applied to improve the convergence performance of the ANC system. Furthermore, this paper lists some wireless ANC applications, such as earbuds, headphones, windows, and headrests, underscoring their adaptability and efficiency in various settings.