Multiple description coding for wideband audio signal transmission

Hoseok Wey, Akinori Ito, Yoiti Suzuki

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Abstract

In audio communications over a lossy packet network, packet loss concealment techniques are needed to mitigate a user's frustration when perceiving the deterioration of the quality of the decoded signal. Multiple description coding (MDC) is a useful solution to this problem. In this paper, we describe an MDC method to conceal packet losses for wideband audio streaming based on the sample splitting method in the time domain and encoding by an MPEG-1 audio layer III (MP3) encoder. Experiments were conducted to compare the proposed method with several conventional methods, results confirming that our proposed method performs the playback of the decoded signal with sufficient quality for a range of bit rates from 160 to 320 kbps, even with a transmitted packet loss rate of 10%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, IEEE IC-NIDC2009
Pages769-773
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009 Dec 1
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, IEEE IC-NIDC2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 2009 Nov 62009 Nov 8

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, IEEE IC-NIDC2009

Other

Other2009 IEEE International Conference on Network Infrastructure and Digital Content, IEEE IC-NIDC2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period09/11/609/11/8

Keywords

  • Multiple description coding
  • Packet loss concealment
  • Robust communications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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