Variable rate speech coding
    51.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:HK1040807A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-21

    申请号:HK02102211

    申请日:2002-03-22

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the variable rate coding of a speech signal. An input speech signal is classified and an appropriate coding mode is selected based on this classification. For each classification, the coding mode that achieves the lowest bit rate with an acceptable quality of speech reproduction is selected. Low average bit rates arc achieved by only employing high fidelity modes (i.e., high bit rate, broadly applicable to different types of speech) during portions of the speech where this fidelity is required for acceptable output. Lower bit rate modes are used during portions of speech where these modes produce acceptable output. Input speech signal is classified into active and inactive regions. Active regions are further classified into voiced, unvoiced, and transient regions. Various coding modes are applied to active speech, depending upon the required level of fidelity. Coding modes may be utilized according to the strengths and weaknesses of each particular mode. The apparatus dynamically switches between these modes as the properties of the speech signal vary with time. And where appropriate, regions of speech arc modeled as pseudo-random noise, resulting in a significantly lower bit rate. This coding is used in a dynamic fashion whenever unvoiced speech or background noise is detected.

    Periodic speech coding using prototype signal

    公开(公告)号:HK1040806A1

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-21

    申请号:HK02102093

    申请日:2002-03-19

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coding a quasi-periodic speech signal. The speech signal is represented by a residual signal generated by filtering the speech signal with a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) analysis filter. The residual signal is encoded by extracting a prototype period from a current frame of the residual signal. A first set of parameters is calculated which describes how to modify a previous prototype period to approximate the current prototype period. One or more codevectors are selected which, when summed, approximate the error between the current prototype period and the modified previous prototype. A multi-stage codebook is used to encode this error signal. A second set of parameters describe these selected codevectors. The decoder synthesizes an output speech signal by reconstructing a current prototype period based on the first and second set of parameters, and the previous reconstructed prototype period. The residual signal is then interpolated over the region between the current and previous reconstructed prototype periods. The decoder synthesizes output speech based on the interpolated residual signal.

    Intersystem base station handover
    54.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU4010801A

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-17

    申请号:AU4010801

    申请日:2001-03-07

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A mobile wireless telecommunications system includes base stations of a first type operating according to a first air interface, and base stations of a second type operating according to a second air interface. Methods and apparatus are provided for handing over a mobile station in the system from a first base station, which is of the first type, to a second base station, which is of the second type. A communications link is established over the first air interface between the mobile station and the first base station. Data are received from the mobile station responsive to a signal received by the mobile station over the second air interface from the second base station, substantially without breaking the communications link with the first base station. The mobile station is handed over from the first to the second base station responsive to the data received therefrom. In particular, a method of conducting intersystem handover from a multicarrier system to a direct spread system is provided. Timing synchronization is also advantageously made available through the mobile station.

    Periodic speech coding
    55.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2377600A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-12

    申请号:AU2377600

    申请日:1999-12-21

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    Abstract: A method and apparatus for coding a quasi-periodic speech signal. The speech signal is represented by a residual signal generated by filtering the speech signal with a Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) analysis filter. The residual signal is encoded by extracting a prototype period from a current frame of the residual signal. A first set of parameters is calculated which describes how to modify a previous prototype period to approximate the current prototype period. One or more codevectors are selected which, when summed, approximate the error between the current prototype period and the modified previous prototype. A multi-stage codebook is used to encode this error signal. A second set of parameters describe these selected codevectors. The decoder synthesizes an output speech signal by reconstructing a current prototype period based on the first and second set of parameters, and the previous reconstructed prototype period. The residual signal is then interpolated over the region between the current and previous reconstructed prototype periods. The decoder synthesizes output speech based on the interpolated residual signal.

    INTERSYSTEM BASE STATION HANDOVER
    58.
    发明申请
    INTERSYSTEM BASE STATION HANDOVER 审中-公开
    INTERSYSTEM基站切换

    公开(公告)号:WO0167788A3

    公开(公告)日:2002-03-14

    申请号:PCT/US0107390

    申请日:2001-03-07

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    CPC classification number: H04W36/14 H04W36/18

    Abstract: A mobile wireless telecommunications system includes base stations of a first type operating according to a first air interface, and base stations of a second type operating according to a second air interface. Methods and apparatus are provided for handing over a mobile station in the system from a first base station, which is of the first type, to a second base station, which is of the second type. A communications link is established over the first air interface between the mobile station and the first base station. Data are received from the mobile station responsive to a signal received by the mobile station over the second air interface from the second base station, substantially without breaking the communications link with the first base station. The mobile station is handed over form the first to the second base station responsive to the data received therefrom. In particular, a method of conducting intersystem handover from a multicarrier system to a direct spread system is provided. Timing synchronization is also advantageously made available through the mobile station.

    Abstract translation: 移动无线电信系统包括根据第一空中接口操作的第一类型的基站和根据第二空中接口操作的第二类型的基站。 提供了将系统中的移动台从第一类型的第一基站切换到第二类型的第二基站的方法和装置。 在移动台和第一基站之间的第一空中接口建立通信链路。 响应于移动台通过第二空中接口从第二基站接收的信号,从移动台接收数据,基本上不破坏与第一基站的通信链路。 响应于从其接收的数据,移动台从第一基站切换到第二基站。 特别地,提供了从多载波系统到直接扩展系统进行系统间切换的方法。 有利地通过移动台可用定时同步。

    BASE STATION HANDOVER IN A HYBRID GSM/CDMA NETWORK
    59.
    发明申请
    BASE STATION HANDOVER IN A HYBRID GSM/CDMA NETWORK 审中-公开
    混合GSM / CDMA网络中的基站切换

    公开(公告)号:WO0004729A2

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-27

    申请号:PCT/US9916250

    申请日:1999-07-19

    Applicant: QUALCOMM INC

    CPC classification number: H04W36/12 H04W36/0066 H04W36/18

    Abstract: A mobile wireless telecommunication system includes base stations of a first type operating according to a first air interface, and base stations of a second type operating according to a second air interface. Methods and apparatus are provided for handing over a mobile station in the system from a first base station, which is of the first type, to a second base station, which is of the second type. A communications link is established over the first air interface between the mobile station and the first base station. Data are received from the mobile station responsive to a signal received by the mobile station over the second air interface from the second base station, substantially without breaking the communications link with the first base station. The mobile station is handed over from the first to the second base station responsive to the data received therefrom.

    Abstract translation: 移动无线电信系统包括根据第一空中接口操作的第一类型的基站和根据第二空中接口操作的第二类型的基站。 提供了将系统中的移动台从第一类型的第一基站切换到第二类型的第二基站的方法和装置。 在移动台和第一基站之间的第一空中接口建立通信链路。 响应于移动台通过第二空中接口从第二基站接收的信号,从移动台接收数据,基本上不破坏与第一基站的通信链路。 响应于从其接收的数据,移动台从第一基站切换到第二基站。

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