Standardization activities on 8-kbit/s speech coding in CCITT SGXV

The CCITT (International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee) Study Group XV is in charge of studies on speech processing. SGXV has already drafted standard G.728 for a 16-kbit/s low-delay speech coding algorithm and is now studying 8-kbit/s speech coding algorithms. The paper reviews the recent activities of SGXV/WP2 on 8-kbit/s speech coding algorithm. These activities include discussion of the algorithm's application, of performance requirements and objectives, and of the procedure for evaluating the candidate algorithms. It also introduces one of the probable algorithms and presents this working group's plans for future work.<
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