Excitation signal synthesis during frame erasure or packet loss

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CA 2142393

A speech coding system robust to frame erasure (or packet loss) is described. Illustrative embodiments are directed to a modified version of CCITT standard G.728. In the event of frame erasure, vectors of an excitation signal are synthesized based on previously stored excitation signal vectors generated during non-erased frames. This synthesis differs for voiced and non-voiced speech. During erased frames, linear prediction filter coefficients are synthesized as a weighted extrapolation of a set of linear prediction filter coefficients determined during non-erased frames. The weighting factor is a number less than 1. This weighting accomplishes a bandwidth-expansion of peaks in the frequency response of a linear predictive filter. Computational complexity during erased frames is reduced through the elimination of certain computations needed during non-erased frames only. This reduction in computational complexity offsets additional computation required for excitation signal synthesis and linear prediction filter coefficient generation during erased frames.

Description d'un système de codage de la parole robuste servant à tramer l'effacement (ou la perte de paquets). Les transpositions indicatives sont orientées vers une version modifiée de la norme CCITT G.728. Dans le cas d'un effacement de la trame, les vecteurs d'un signal d'excitation sont synthétisés selon le signal d'excitation antérieurement enregistré et généré pendant les trames non effacées. Cette synthèse est différente pour les discours vocaux et non vocaux. Pendant les trames effacées, les coefficients des filtres de prédiction linéaire sont synthétisés comme l'extrapolation pesée des coefficients des filtres de prédiction linéaire déterminés pendant les trames non effacées. Le facteur de pesage est un nombre inférieur à 1. La pesée permet l'étalement de la largeur de la bande des crêtes de réponses en fréquence d'un filtre à prédiction linéaire. La complexité algorithmique créée pendant les trames effacées est réduite grâce à l'élimination de certains algorithmes nécessaires que pendant les trames non effacées. La réduction de la complexité algorithmique compense le traitement supplémentaire nécessaire pour la synthèse du signal d'excitation, ainsi que la génération du coefficient du filtre à prédiction linéaire pendant les trames effacées.

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