Feedback control system for telecommunications systems
First Claim
1. A method for processing telecommunications signals, comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying telecommunications processing to generate a signal under test corresponding to a reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing comprises transmission over a communications (comm) network;
(b) generating a fidelity measure characterizing fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing has not been applied to the reference signal;
(c) generating a control signal from the fidelity measure; and
(d) using the control signal as a feedback signal to adjust the telecommunications processing.
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Abstract
Telecommunications processing is applied to a reference signal to generate a signal under test. A fidelity measure is generated characterizing the fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal. A control signal is generated from the fidelity measure, where the control signal is used as a feedback signal to adjust the telecommunications processing. In one embodiment, the reference signal is a speech signal and the signal under test is a decoded speech signal generated by encoding, transmitting, and decoding the reference speech signal. The fidelity signal is an average mean opinion score (MOS) and the control signal is used to control the speech decoding processing. For example, the speech decoding processing may involve a speech decoder followed by a post filter, and the control signal is the cut-off frequency of the post filter. Such an embodiment may be applied to real-time speech processing to adjust the speech decoding processing in the receiver of a telecommunications system that includes a speech encoder in a transmitter and a communications network. Intermittently, the transmitter encodes reference signals that are also known to the receiver. The receiver performs the processing of the present invention to update its speech decoding processing to optimize speech quality.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for processing telecommunications signals, comprising the steps of:
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(a) applying telecommunications processing to generate a signal under test corresponding to a reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing comprises transmission over a communications (comm) network; (b) generating a fidelity measure characterizing fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing has not been applied to the reference signal; (c) generating a control signal from the fidelity measure; and (d) using the control signal as a feedback signal to adjust the telecommunications processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for processing telecommunications signals, comprising:
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(a) means for applying telecommunications processing to generate a signal under test corresponding to a reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing comprises transmission over a comm network; (b) means for generating a fidelity measure characterizing fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal, wherein the telecommunications processing has not been applied to the reference signal; (c) means for generating a control signal from the fidelity measure; and (d) means for using the control signal as a feedback signal to adjust the telecommunications processing.
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15. A system for processing telecommunications signals, comprising:
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(a) a telecommunications system adapted to generate a signal under test from a reference signal, wherein the telecommunications system comprises transmission over a comm network; (b) a fidelity measuring apparatus adapted to generate a fidelity measure characterizing fidelity of the signal under test relative to the reference signal, wherein the telecommunications system has not processed the reference signal; and (c) a control signal generator adapted to generate a control signal from the fidelity measure, wherein the control signal is useable as a feedback signal to adjust the telecommunications system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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