Abstract:
There is provided transcoding of speech in a packet network environment. A decoder configured to receive a first bit-stream encoded according to a first coding scheme. The decoder decodes the bit-stream according to the first coding scheme, generates a plurality of first speech samples, and extracts a plurality of first speech parameters, which may include spectral characteristics, energy, pitch and/or pitch gain. A converter then converts the plurality first speech samples and plurality of first speech parameters to a plurality of second speech samples and a plurality of second speech parameters for use according to a second coding scheme. The first and second coding schemes may be, for example, G.711, G.723.1, G.726 or G.729, and may be parametric or non-parametric. An encoder receives the plurality of second speech samples and plurality of second speech parameters and generates a second bit-stream according to the second coding scheme.
Abstract:
In a cellular telephone system where a digital cellular telephone is connected to a regular telephone through the public switched telephone network (PSTN), a speech encoder/decoder is used with an A/'mu'-Law encoder/decoder causing annoying audible noise at very low levels because of the quantization characteristics of the A/'mu'-Law encoder/decoder. This noise is eliminated by adding a digital constant to the output of the speech coder, shifting the low level signal away from zero. The resulting DC level added to the speech signal is inaudible to the PSTN telephone user and does not degrade speech quality.