iLBC - a linear predictive coder with robustness to packet losses

In this paper, we discuss the internet low bit rate codec (iLBC) with an emphasis on the frame-independent long-term prediction. The frame-independent long-term prediction is a method to exploit pitch-lag correlations in the encoding of speech without suffering multiple-frame speech degradation in connection with transmission loss. We present mean opinion scores for the iLBC codec and show by means of signal examples how the nature of degradation in a predictive codec based on frame-independent long-term prediction differs from that of traditional CELP codecs.