A new quantization optimization algorithm for the MPEG advanced audio coder using a statistical subband model of the quantization noise

IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and Language Processing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1328-1339

  Derrien, Olivier ^b,c   Duhamel, Pierre ^a,d   Charbit, Maurice ^b   Richard, Gaël ^b  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^d SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

Bit rate constraint; Distortion constraint; Optimization algorithm; Perceptual audio coding; Scale factor; Statistical model; Subband quantization

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED AUDIO CODERS (AAC); BIT RATE CONSTRAINT; DISTORTION CONSTRAINT; PERCEPTUAL AUDIO CODING; SIGNAL COMPRESSION; SUBBAND QUANTIZATION;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MOTION PICTURE EXPERTS GROUP STANDARDS; OPTIMIZATION; SPEECH CODING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34047258015     PISSN: 15587916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSA.2005.858041     Document Type: Article

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