Burrus, C. SidneyFernandes, Felix2007-10-312007-10-311999-03-201999-03-20C. S. Burrus and F. Fernandes, "M-Band Multiwavelet Systems," 1999.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19753Conference PaperIn this paper we investigate multiwavelet systems whose scaling functions have disjoint support. We demonstrate that, with the exception of a trivial case, this property may not be attained by two band multiwavelet systems. We show that to enjoy this property, it is indeed necessary to invoke <i>M</i>-band multiwavelet systems. This indicates the existence of tilings of the time-frequency plane that may be obtained with <i>M</i>--band multiwavelet systems but not with two band multiwavelet systems. Hence <i>M</i>--band multiwavelet systems are inherently more powerful than two band multiwavelet systems and deserve a thorough investigation. Finally, we derive K<sup>th</sup order balancing conditions for <i>M</i>--band multiwavelet systems. These conditions will enable <i>M</i>--band multiwavelet systems to be used for practical digital signal processing applications.engM-bandmultiwavelet systemstime-frequency planeConference paperM-bandmultiwavelet systemstime-frequency plane