64 kbit/s audio signal transmission approaches using 32 kbit/s ADPCM channel banks

Two simple 64-kb/s wideband coding approaches using 32-kb/s ADPCM (adaptive digital pulse-code modulated) channel banks are proposed and compared to CCITT 64 kb/s ADPCM, which is being recommended as CCITT G.722. These two, folding ADPCM and QMF ADPCM, are intended to pave the way for smooth transition from conventional 4-kHz band telephone systems to 7-kHz wideband systems in private networks. The first approach, supporting the high-quality audio program transmission, requires only samplers and multiplexers at the input and output ports of the channel banks. In the second approach, samplers and multiplexers are replaced by quadrature mirror filters in order to increase coding quality. Performance test results for audio signal transmission show that these simplified approaches provide an inexpensive way to introduce wideband communication systems.<
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