Speech compression based on exact modeling and structured total least norm optimization

We present a new speech coding algorithm, based on an all-pole model of the vocal tract. Whereas current autoregressive (AR) based modeling techniques (e.g. CELP, LPC-10) minimize a prediction error, which is considered to be the input to the all-pole model, our approach determines the closest (in L/sub 2/ norm) signal, which exactly satisfies an all-pole model. Each frame is then encoded by storing the parameters of the complex damped exponentials deduced from the all-pole model and its initial conditions. Decoding is performed by adding the complex damped exponentials based on the transmitted parameters. The new algorithm is demonstrated on a speech signal. The quality is compared with that of a standard coding algorithm at comparable compression ratios, by using the segmental signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).