TABLE I:
Performance comparisons between different configurations of dense block, dilation, and attention in DCN. Boldface indicates the best score in a given condition.
| Metric | STOI | PESQ | SNR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test noise | Babble | Cafeteria | Babble | Cafeteria | Babble | Cafeteria | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Test SNR (dB) | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | −5 | 0 | 5 | Avg. | |||
| Mix. → | m ↓ | Dil. ↓ | Att. ↓ | 58.4 | 70.5 | 81.3 | 70.1 | 57.1 | 69.7 | 81.0 | 69.2 | 1.56 | 1.82 | 2.12 | 1.83 | 1.46 | 1.77 | 2.12 | 1.78 | −5.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0 | −5.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Causal | 1 | ✕ | ✕ | 76.7 | 88.0 | 93.2 | 86.0 | 76.4 | 87.8 | 92.9 | 85.7 | 1.90 | 2.39 | 2.76 | 2.35 | 2.02 | 2.49 | 2.84 | 2.45 | 5.5 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 13.4 | 10.1 |
| 2 | ✕ | ✕ | 81.6 | 91.3 | 95.0 | 89.3 | 80.5 | 90.2 | 94.3 | 88.3 | 2.13 | 2.70 | 3.08 | 2.64 | 2.17 | 2.68 | 3.05 | 2.63 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 14.7 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 11.4 | 14.4 | 11.2 | |
| 2 | ✓ | ✕ | 83.5 | 91.9 | 95.2 | 90.2 | 81.4 | 90.5 | 94.5 | 88.8 | 2.23 | 2.75 | 3.12 | 2.70 | 2.21 | 2.70 | 3.07 | 2.66 | 7.7 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 11.5 | 7.9 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 11.3 | |
| 2 | ✓ | ✓ | 84.9 | 92.2 | 95.3 | 90.8 | 82.1 | 90.7 | 94.6 | 89.1 | 2.30 | 2.77 | 3.14 | 2.74 | 2.23 | 2.71 | 3.08 | 2.67 | 8.2 | 12.0 | 15.1 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 11.5 | |
| 2 | ✕ | ✓ | 85.3 | 92.3 | 95.4 | 91.0 | 82.3 | 90.8 | 94.7 | 89.3 | 2.34 | 2.81 | 3.17 | 2.77 | 2.24 | 2.72 | 3.09 | 2.68 | 8.5 | 12.1 | 15.1 | 11.9 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 14.7 | 11.5 | |
| 1 | ✕ | ✓ | 83.9 | 91.8 | 95.2 | 90.3 | 81.0 | 90.3 | 94.5 | 88.6 | 2.23 | 2.72 | 3.09 | 2.68 | 2.15 | 2.62 | 3.01 | 2.59 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 15.0 | 11.6 | 7.9 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 11.3 | |
| Non-causal | 3 | ✕ | ✕ | 84.7 | 92.5 | 95.7 | 90.9 | 83.1 | 91.4 | 95.0 | 89.8 | 2.37 | 2.88 | 3.22 | 2.82 | 2.34 | 2.82 | 3.16 | 2.77 | 8.2 | 12.2 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 8.3 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 11.6 |
| 3 | ✓ | ✕ | 86.6 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 91.7 | 84.1 | 91.7 | 95.0 | 90.3 | 2.53 | 2.96 | 3.24 | 2.91 | 2.44 | 2.88 | 3.19 | 2.84 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 15.3 | 12.3 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 11.8 | |
| 3 | ✓ | ✓ | 87.9 | 93.5 | 96.0 | 92.4 | 85.0 | 92.0 | 95.2 | 90.8 | 2.61 | 3.02 | 3.32 | 2.98 | 2.47 | 2.91 | 3.24 | 2.87 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 12.0 | |
| 3 | ✕ | ✓ | 87.9 | 93.5 | 96.1 | 92.5 | 85.0 | 92.1 | 95.3 | 90.8 | 2.61 | 3.04 | 3.33 | 2.99 | 2.45 | 2.91 | 3.23 | 2.86 | 9.6 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 8.9 | 12.3 | 15.1 | 12.1 | |
| 1 | ✕ | ✓ | 83.7 | 91.5 | 95.2 | 90.1 | 80.1 | 89.8 | 94.3 | 88.1 | 2.24 | 2.71 | 3.09 | 2.68 | 2.13 | 2.59 | 2.98 | 2.57 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 11.8 | 7.8 | 11.4 | 14.6 | 11.3 | |