Selectable Mode Vocoder
Selectable Mode Vocoder (SMV) is variable bitrate speech coding standard used in CDMA2000 networks.[1] SMV provides multiple modes of operation that are selected based on input speech characteristics.
The SMV for Wideband CDMA is based on 4 codecs: full rate at 8.5 kbit/s, half rate at 4 kbit/s, quarter rate at 2 kbit/s, and eighth rate at 800 bit/s.[1] The full rate and half rate are based on the CELP algorithm[1] that is based on a combined closed-loop-open-loop-analysis (COLA). In SMV the signal frames are first classified as:
- Silence/Background noise
- Non-stationary unvoiced
- Stationary unvoiced
- Onset
- Non-stationary voiced
- Stationary voiced
The algorithm includes voice activity detection (VAD) followed by an elaborate frame classification scheme. Silence/background noise and stationary unvoiced frames are represented by spectrum-modulated noise and coded at 1/4 or 1/8 rate. The SMV uses 4 subframes for full rate and two/three subframes for half rate. The stochastic (fixed) codebook structure is also elaborate and uses sub-codebooks each tuned for a particular type of speech. The sub-codebooks have different degrees of pulse sparseness (more sparse for noise like excitation). SMV scores a high of 3.6 MOS[2] at full rate with clean speech.
The coder works on a frame of 160 speech samples (20 ms) and requires a look ahead of 80 samples (10 ms) if noise-suppression option B is used. An additional 24 samples of look ahead is required if noise-suppression option A is used. So the algorithmic delay for the coder is 30 ms with noise-suppression option B and 33 ms with noise-suppression option A.
The next evolution of CDMA speech codecs is VMR-WB which provides much higher speech quality with wideband while fitting to the same networks.
SMV can be also used in 3GPP2 container file format – 3G2.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "3GPP2 C.S0030-0 Selectable Mode Vocoder (SMV) Service Option for Wideband Spread Spectrum Communication Systems" (PDF). 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2. 2004. http://www.3gpp2.org/public_html/specs/C.S0030-0_v3.0_040325.pdf.
- ↑ "Performance Comparison of Source Controlled GSM AMR and SMV Vocoders" (PDF). Nokia Research Center, Multimedia Technologies Laboratory. http://europe.nokia.com/library/files/docs/Makinen2.pdf.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
External links
- RFC 3558 - RTP Payload Format for Enhanced Variable Rate Codecs (EVRC) and Selectable Mode Vocoders (SMV)
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