Phonetically-based vector excitation coding of speech at 3.6 kbps

A phonetically based segmentation of speech is performed to classify segments into five classes: onset, unvoiced low-pass voiced, steady-state voiced, and transient voiced. The segment lengths are constrained to an integer multiple of a unit-frame. For each segment class, a distinctive coding scheme based on vector excitation coding (VXC) is used. The maximum bit-rate is 3.6 kb/s, and a moderate coding delay of 45 ms is incurred. Performance is roughly comparable to conventional VXC/CELP (code-excited linear prediction) coding at 4.8 kb/s.<<ETX>>

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