Time-frequency shift invariance of Gabor spaces generated by integer lattices

Abstract

We study extra time-frequency shift invariance properties of Gabor spaces. For a Gabor space generated by an integer lattice, we state and prove several characterizations for its time-frequency shift invariance with respect to a finer integer lattice. The extreme cases of full translation invariance, full modulation invariance, and full time-frequency shift invariance are also considered. The results show a close analogy with the extra translation invariance of shift-invariant spaces.