Radio relay device

• US 20050136956A1
• Filed: 12/23/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Original Assignee: Uniden Corporation (Cornwall Capital Management LP)
• Inventors: Ohno, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US10/744,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20050136956A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/501
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/155 Ground-based stations H04B7/204 takes precedence

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a radio relay device for suppressing the deterioration of voice signals which is generated by relaying radio communication between digital radio units. To achieve this object, the radio relay device of the present invention comprises a radio section for transmitting/receiving ADPCM-coded digital radio signals, a demodulation section for demodulating the digital radio signals received by the radio section and acquiring ADPCM codes, a voice quality improvement circuit for removing the clicking noises included in the ADPCM codes which were demodulated by the demodulation section, and a modulation section for modulating the ADPCM codes after the clicking noises are removed by the voice quality improvement circuit, and supplying the modulation signals to the radio section.

Claims

1. A radio relay device, comprising:

a radio section for transmitting/receiving ADPCM-coded digital radio signals;

a demodulation section for demodulating the digital radio signals received by said radio section and acquiring ADPCM codes;

a voice quality improvement circuit for removing the clicking noises included in the ADPCM codes demodulated by said demodulation section; and

a modulation section for modulating said ADPCM codes after clicking noises are removed by said voice quality improvement circuit, and supplying the modulation signals to said radio section.

2. The radio relay device according to claim 1, wherein said voice quality improvement circuit further comprises a clicking noise detection circuit which judges that clicking noises are included when a short block average value of the absolute values of said ADPCM codes exceeds a predetermined value, and a code error correction circuit for estimating a bit error position of said ADPCM codes so that the change of the short block average value of the absolute values of the ADPCM codes becomes smallest, and correcting the codes, when a transmission error is generated in the ADPCM codes which were judged as including said clicking noises.

3. The radio relay device according to claim 1, wherein said voice quality improvement circuit further comprises a clicking noise detection circuit which judges that clicking noises are included when a differential value of the short block average value of the absolute values of said ADPCM codes exceeds a predetermined value, and a code error correction circuit for estimating a bit error position of said ADPCM codes so that the change of the short block average value of the absolute values of the ADPCM codes becomes smallest, and correcting the codes, when a transmission error is generated in the ADPCM codes which were judged as including said clicking noises.