A low-complexity speech-pause detection algorithm for communication in noisy environments

European Transactions on Telecommunications

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Beritelli, Francesco ^a   Casale, Salvatore ^a   Serrano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPEECH CODING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; STANDARDS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMFORT NOISE GENERATORS (CNG); DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION (DTX); UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM (UMTS); VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTORS (VAD);

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2342468604     PISSN: 1124318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.943     Document Type: Article

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