Weak Signal Enhance Based on the Neural Network Assisted Empirical Mode Decomposition

Sensors (Basel). 2020 Jun 15;20(12):3373. doi: 10.3390/s20123373.

Abstract

In order to enhance weak signals in strong noise background, a weak signal enhancement method based on EMDNN (neural network-assisted empirical mode decomposition) is proposed. This method combines CEEMD (complementary ensemble empirical mode decomposition), GAN (generative adversarial networks) and LSTM (long short-term memory), it enhances the efficiency of selecting effective natural mode components in empirical mode decomposition, thus the SNR (signal-noise ratio) is improved. It can also reconstruct and enhance weak signals. The experimental results show that the SNR of this method is improved from 4.1 to 6.2, and the weak signal is clearly recovered.

Keywords: complete ensemble empirical mode; cyclic neural network; generative adversarial network; graphical processing unit; parallel computing; strong background noises; weak signal.