Frequency Domain Long-Term Prediction for Low Delay General Audio Coding

In this paper we propose a long-term prediction method for low delay transform domain general audio coders. This Frequency Domain Joint Harmonics Prediction (FDJHP) method operates directly in the Modified Discrete Cosine Transform (MDCT) domain and can enhance the coding efficiency, even under very low frequency resolutions. We compare this new method with state-of-the-art MDCT based methods by analyzing bitrate savings and by a listening test using test signals with strong harmonic components. The results indicate that it outperforms an existing method, which also directly operates in the frequency domain. Additionally, we show how it can be combined with the existing techniques into an adaptive system, where the different methods can complement each other.