Method and apparatus for control of vocoder bypass utilizing inband signaling
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system providing communication services between a first mobile and a second mobile, the first mobile having a first mobile vocoder, the second mobile having a second mobile vocoder and the wireless communication system having a vocoder active mode of operation and a vocoder bypass mode of operation, a method of transitioning the wireless communication system from vocoder active mode of operation to the vocoder bypass mode of operation, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a vocoder bypass portion within a compressed speech signal, the vocoder bypass portion capable of including a first signal and an encoded speech signal, the first signal including a vocoder bypass capability information and a vocoder type information, the encoded speech signal including the vocoder type information;
detecting the vocoder bypass portion within the compressed speech signal;
determining a compatibility of the first mobile vocoder and the second mobile vocoder based at least upon the vocoder type information; and
initiating the vocoder bypass mode of operation based upon the compatibility;
wherein the positioning of at least one of the first signal and the encoded speech signal within the compressed speech signal is dependent upon at least a user-controlled signal.
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Abstract
Vocoder bypass is provided using a combination of out-of-band and in-band signaling. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, two signaling channels are arranged for transmission within the compressed speech. Each of the signaling channels are communicated at a preferred rate to permit fast, reliable detection of conditions indicating vocoder bypass mode of operation and to synchronize and communicate compressed speech in a vocoder bypass mode of operation.
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21 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system providing communication services between a first mobile and a second mobile, the first mobile having a first mobile vocoder, the second mobile having a second mobile vocoder and the wireless communication system having a vocoder active mode of operation and a vocoder bypass mode of operation, a method of transitioning the wireless communication system from vocoder active mode of operation to the vocoder bypass mode of operation, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a vocoder bypass portion within a compressed speech signal, the vocoder bypass portion capable of including a first signal and an encoded speech signal, the first signal including a vocoder bypass capability information and a vocoder type information, the encoded speech signal including the vocoder type information; detecting the vocoder bypass portion within the compressed speech signal; determining a compatibility of the first mobile vocoder and the second mobile vocoder based at least upon the vocoder type information; and initiating the vocoder bypass mode of operation based upon the compatibility; wherein the positioning of at least one of the first signal and the encoded speech signal within the compressed speech signal is dependent upon at least a user-controlled signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a wireless communication system, an apparatus for providing inband vocoder control comprising:
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an inband signal channel generator providing a bypass signal; a multiplexer coupling the bypass signal into an uplink portion of a speech channel; a bypass signal detector coupled to the speech channel and providing a detection signal upon detecting the bypass signal or encoded speech within a downlink portion of the speech channel; a vocoder type detector responsive to the detection signal to provide a vocoder type signal; a multiplexer, responsive to the vocoder type signal, to couple encoded speech into the uplink portion of the speech channel; and a splicer to couple the encoded speech into a downlink portion of the speech channel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. In a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system having a vocoder mode of operation and a vocoder bypass mode of operation, a method for inband signaling control of the vocoder bypass mode of operation, the method comprising the steps of:
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in the vocoder active mode of operation; receiving a coded first signal from a mobile, decoding the coded first signal to create a decoded first signal and coupling the decoded first signal into a speech channel in a first direction; receiving a decoded second signal in the speech channel in a second direction, coding the decoded second signal and transmitting the coded second signal to the mobile; generating a first bypass signal and embedding the first bypass signal into the speech channel in the first direction and generating a second bypass signal and embedding the second bypass signal into the speech channel in the second direction; upon detecting either the first bypass signal or the second bypass signal in the speech channel, determining a vocoder compatibility; and upon determining the vocoder compatibility entering the second mode of operation; in the second mode of operation; receiving the coded first signal from the mobile and coupling the coded first signal into the speech channel in the first direction; and receiving a coded second signal in the speech channel in the second direction and transmitting the coded second signal to the mobile. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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