Communication network for transmitting speech signals
First Claim
1. A communication network comprising:
- at least one transmitter which comprises a speech encoder with means for deriving from an input signal a plurality of prediction coefficients of a prediction filter and an excitation signal, and a multiplexer for deriving a symbol sequence including a representation of said plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of said excitation signal; and
a receiver for receiving symbols of the symbol sequence via the communication network, the receiver comprising a speech decoder;
wherein the communication network comprises means for deleting a part of the symbol sequence representing some of the prediction parameters, and the decoder is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal from a remaining part of the symbol sequence.
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Abstract
In a speech communication network in which a transmitter (1) transmits speech signals via a network (4) to a receiver (8), it can happen that more traffic is offered to the network (4) than it can handle. In order to reduce the network load, at least one node (24) is arranged to perform bitrate reduction to delete some of the prediction parameters representing the speech signal. It can also be the case that a receiver comprises a speech decoder having insufficient computational power available for decoding the encoded speech signal. In such case, the speech decoder is arranged for using only a part of the prediction parameters available. This results in a lower complexity of the synthesis filter (60).
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1. A communication network comprising:
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at least one transmitter which comprises a speech encoder with means for deriving from an input signal a plurality of prediction coefficients of a prediction filter and an excitation signal, and a multiplexer for deriving a symbol sequence including a representation of said plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of said excitation signal; and a receiver for receiving symbols of the symbol sequence via the communication network, the receiver comprising a speech decoder; wherein the communication network comprises means for deleting a part of the symbol sequence representing some of the prediction parameters, and the decoder is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal from a remaining part of the symbol sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A receiver for receiving a speech signal represented by a symbol sequence including a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal, said receiver comprising a speech decoder which is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal from a partial symbol sequence in which the representation of some of the plurality of reflection coefficients is missing.
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10. A receiver for receiving a speech signal represented by a symbol sequence including a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal, which receiver comprises means for extracting a reduced number of prediction coefficients from said input signal, and is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal using said reduced number of prediction coefficients.
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11. A speech decoder for decoding a speech signal represented by a symbol sequence including a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal, which decoder is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal from a partial symbol sequence in which the representation of some of the plurality of reflection coefficients is missing.
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12. A speech decoder for reconstructing a speech signal represented by a symbol sequence including a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal, which speech decoder comprises means for extracting a reduced number of prediction coefficients from said input signal, and is arranged for reconstructing a speech signal using said reduced number of prediction coefficients.
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13. A node for use in a communication network, arranged for receiving a symbol sequence representing a speech signal, the received symbol sequence comprising a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal, the node being arranged for transmitting a further symbol sequence derived from the received symbol sequence to a receiver, wherein the node comprises means for obtaining the further sequence by deleting a part of the received symbol sequence representing some of the prediction parameters.
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14. A communication method comprising:
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receiving a symbol sequence representing a speech signal, said symbol sequence comprising a representation of a plurality of prediction coefficients and a representation of an excitation signal; obtaining a further symbol sequence by deleting a part of the received symbol sequence representing some of the prediction parameters; and transmitting the further symbol sequence.
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