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6.2. BASIC IDEAS OF THE WAVELET TRANSFORM 35<br />

gorithms etc.<br />

Therefore, the situation is that the <strong>wavelet</strong> transform applications in power systems<br />

are very meaningful but just at the beginning, <strong>and</strong> there is a great deal <strong>of</strong> concerning<br />

research <strong>to</strong> do.<br />

The <strong>wavelet</strong> transform with its special characteristics, such as the time-frequency lo-<br />

cation, the au<strong>to</strong>-adaptivity <strong>to</strong> frequency, the flexible selection <strong>and</strong> the fast <strong>algorithm</strong>s<br />

etc., opens a door <strong>to</strong>wards a lot <strong>of</strong> possibilities <strong>and</strong> large developing field in power<br />

systems. However, it is not very easy <strong>to</strong> start underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>and</strong> using the <strong>wavelet</strong><br />

transform because the <strong>wavelet</strong> transform is built up on the theories <strong>of</strong> modern math-<br />

ematics <strong>and</strong> modern signal processing [7] <strong>and</strong> the most the <strong>of</strong> published books about<br />

<strong>wavelet</strong> transform are the contributions <strong>of</strong> mathematicians.<br />

In this chapter, the first section gives the basic ideas <strong>of</strong> the <strong>wavelet</strong> transform. In the<br />

second section, the continuous <strong>wavelet</strong> transform (CWT) is introduced. The discrete<br />

<strong>wavelet</strong> transform (DWT) as the key point will be introduced in the third section. The<br />

forth section displays how the <strong>wavelet</strong> transform works through an example. The fifth<br />

section then describes <strong>and</strong> discusses the general problems <strong>and</strong> corresponding solutions<br />

in practical applications.<br />

6.2 Basic ideas <strong>of</strong> the <strong>wavelet</strong> transform<br />

6.2.1 Representation <strong>of</strong> signals through transforms<br />

The idea in mathematics <strong>and</strong> in engineering is <strong>to</strong> represent <strong>and</strong> <strong>to</strong> analyze a signal<br />

or a system in different domains. The changes from on domain <strong>to</strong> another are called<br />

transforms.<br />

An useful transform is <strong>to</strong> decompose a signal in<strong>to</strong> elementary functions for a space.<br />

These elementary functions should be chosen with some care <strong>to</strong> be sure that the trans-<br />

form is invertible. Generally, they should form an orthogonal base or a base for the<br />

respective space.

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