Techniques for improving the performance of CELP type speech coders

Techniques for improving the performance of CELP (code excited linear prediction) type speech coders while maintaining reasonable computational complexity are explored. A harmonic noise weighting function which enhances the perceptual quality of the processed speech is introduced. The combination of harmonic noise weighting and subsample resolution pitch significantly improves the coder performance for voiced speech. A 6.9 kb/s VSELP speech coder which incorporates subsample resolution pitch and harmonic noise weighting is described. Complexity reduction techniques are discussed which allow the coder to be implemented using a single fixed point digital signal processor.<<ETX>>

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