1. LTI system
LTI system is the abbreviation of linear ,time-invariant system . Linearity and time invariance are the two distinguishing features of this kind of system .
An example of a LTI system :
if
the response of x1(1) is y1(t)
the response of x2(1) is y2(t)
then
the response of ax(t-t0) + bx2(t-t0) is ay1(t) + by2(t) , where ' a ' and ' b ' are any complex constants
2. Convolution
Convolution is a mathematical operation . The convolutions of two functions in continuous time and discrete time are given by equation (1) and (2)
3. The Representation of Discrete-Time Signals in Terms of Unit Impulse
Any discrete signals can be represented as the sum of scaled and time-shifted unit impulses . This is apparent when we think of a discrete-time signal as the combination of a sequence of individual impulses (figure 1 ). The mathematical representation is given by equation (3) .
4.The Representation of the Discrete-Time Signal Responses in Terms of Unit Impulse Response
Due to the linearity and time-invariance properties of LTI system , we can construct any signal responses by using the response of the unit impulse.
if the response of unit impulse δ[n] is h [n ] and x[n] is defined by eq.(4)
then the response of x[n] (i.e. y[n]) can be constructed as eq.(5)
More simple form is
5. Two important convolution sum representations
From the dissusions above , we finally got two useful representions of the discrete-time LTI system .