Summary: EOT156
SPEECH CODING: FUNDAMENTALS AND
APPLICATIONS
MARK HASEGAWA-JOHNSON
University of Illinois at
Urbana­Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
ABEER ALWAN
University of California at Los
Angeles
Los Angeles, California
1. INTRODUCTION
Speech coding is the process of obtaining a compact
representation of voice signals for efficient transmission
over band-limited wired and wireless channels and/or
storage. Today, speech coders have become essential
components in telecommunications and in the multimedia
infrastructure. Commercial systems that rely on efficient
speech coding include cellular communication, voice over
internet protocol (VOIP), videoconferencing, electronic

Source: Alwan, Abeer - Electrical Engineering Department, University of California at Los Angeles

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences