Method and apparatus for inband signaling control of vocoder bypass
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 first signal within a compressed speech signal, the first signal including a vocoder bypass capability information and a vocoder type information;
detecting the first signal 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;
determining an incompatibility between the first mobile vocoder and the second mobile vocoder;
negotiating a compatible vocoder type; and
initiating the vocoder bypass mode of operation based upon the compatibility.
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Abstract
Vocoder bypass is provided using in-band signaling. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, three 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, to negotiate suitable vocoder type if necessary, and to synchronize and communicate compressed speech in a vocoder bypass mode of operation.
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30 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 first signal within a compressed speech signal, the first signal including a vocoder bypass capability information and a vocoder type information; detecting the first signal 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; determining an incompatibility between the first mobile vocoder and the second mobile vocoder; negotiating a compatible vocoder type; and initiating the vocoder bypass mode of operation based upon the compatibility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of controlling vocoder operation within a wireless communication system comprising:
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providing a signaling channel within a speech channel synchronized too and at a subrate thereof, the signaling channel at least providing synchronization information; providing vocoder information within the speech channel and at a subrate thereof, the vocoder information being synchronized to the signaling channel; detecting a vocoder compatibility and incompatibility; negotiating a compatible vocoder type; and upon determining the vocoder compatibility, providing an encoded speech channel within the speech channel and at a subrate thereof. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 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:
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 both the first bypass signal and 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; wherein each of the first bypass signal and the second bypass signal contain synchronization information; further comprising in the second mode of operation the steps of providing a first vocoder type information signal in the speech channel in the first direction and providing a second vocoder type information signal in the speech channel in the second direction, the first vocoder type information and the second vocoder type information being synchronized to the synchronization information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. In a communication system, a method for providing in-band signaling comprising the steps of:
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inserting a first signal in a communication channel; inverting a portion of the first signal to signal a presence of a second signal within the communication channel; and detecting the second signal. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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