A genetic algorithm optimization technique for multiwavelet-based digital audio watermarking

  • Authors:
  • Prayoth Kumsawat

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Telecommunication Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing - Special issue on time-frequency analysis and its applications to multimedia signals
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We propose a new approach for optimization in digital audio watermarking using genetic algorithm. The watermarks are embedded into the low frequency coefficients in discrete multiwavelet transform domain. The embedding technique is based on quantization process which does not require the original audio signal in the watermark extraction. We have developed an optimization technique using the genetic algorithm to search for four optimal quantization steps in order to improve both quality of watermarked audio and robustness of the watermark. In addition, we analyze the performance of the proposed algorithm in terms of signal-to-noise ratio, normalized correlation, and bit error rate. The experimental results show that the proposed scheme can achieve a good robustness against most of the attacks which were included in this study.