Signal Reconstruction From Noisy Random Projections

Recent results show that a relatively small number of random projections of a signal can contain most of its salient information. It follows that if a signal is compressible in some orthonormal basis, then a very accurate reconstruction can be obtained from random projections. This "compressive sampling" approach is extended here to show that signals can be accurately recovered from random projections contaminated with noise. A practical iterative algorithm for signal reconstruction is proposed, and potential applications to coding, analog-digital (A/D) conversion, and remote wireless sensing are discussed