State space least p-power filter

As a new addition to the recursive least squares (RLS) family filters, the state space recursive least squares (SSRLS) filter can achieve desirable performance by conquering some limitations of the standard RLS filter. However, when the system is contaminated by some non-Gaussian noises, the performance of SSRLS will get worse. The main reason for this is that the SSRLS is developed under the well-known minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion, which is not very suitable for non-Gaussian situations. To address this issue, in this paper, we propose a new state space based linear filter, called the state space least p-power (SSLP) filter, which is derived under the least mean p-power error (LMP) criterion instead of the MMSE. With a proper p value, the SSLP can outperform the SSRLS substantially especially in non-Gaussian noises. Two illustrative examples are presented to show the satisfactory results of the new algorithm.