  Recently, a partitioned-block-based frequency-domain Kalman filter (PFKF) has
been proposed for acoustic echo cancellation. Compared with the normal
frequency-domain Kalman filter, the PFKF utilizes the partitioned-block
structure, resulting in both fast convergence and low time-latency. We present
an analysis of the steady-state behavior of the PFKF and found that it suffers
from a biased steady-state solution when the filter is of deficient length.
Accordingly, we propose an effective modification that has the benefit of the
guaranteed optimal steady-state behavior. Simulations are conducted to validate
the improved performance of the proposed method.
