The structure of echolocation sounds used by the big brown batEptesicus fuscus: Some consequences for echo processing
作者:
W. Mitch Masters,
Susan C. Jacobs,
James A. Simmons,
期刊:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
(AIP Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 89,
issue 3
页码: 1402-1413
ISSN:0001-4966
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1121/1.400660
出版商: Acoustical Society of America
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Analysis of the sonar emissions produced by five big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) during detection and range-discrimination tests show that each bat has a distinctive, “personal” emission. This may help bats distinguish their own emissions from those of others and thereby prevent jamming. Emissions usually contain three harmonics and are strongly frequency swept. Modeling of the sweep shape showed it to be more nearly linear in log time than hyperbolic (linear period modulation), which is optimal for Doppler tolerance. However, logarithmic time and linear period modulation are similar in their Doppler properties, and so bats may suffer little penalty for using a slightly nonoptimal sweep shape. We suggest that bats use logarithmic time modulation rather than linear period modulation in order to simplify signal processing during approach to prey, as this type of modulation stabilizes the filtering of echoes resulting from the bat’s automatic gain control. Likewise, the use of several harmonics in the emission may simplify signal processing of Doppler-shifted echoes by reducing the number of matched filters needed for reception.
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