As. Mccormack et al., DESIGN OF MULTILEVEL MULTIHARMONIC SIGNALS FOR SYSTEM-IDENTIFICATION, IEE proceedings. Control theory and applications, 142(3), 1995, pp. 247-252
The paper reviews the existing multifrequency signals available for li
near system identification in the frequency domain. The motivation for
an excitation with a specified Fourier amplitude spectrum, yet having
a small number of signal levels, is then outlined. A design algorithm
is described for the design of multilevel signals realising an arbitr
arily defined set of Fourier specifications. It is shown that the prop
erties of the multilevel signals make them a strong candidate for line
ar system identification, as well as for the detection of nonlinear ef
fects.