Preface.

Acknowledgments.

PART I: SPEECH SIGNALS AND WAVEFORM CODING.

Speech Signals and Introduction to Speech Coding.

Predictive Coding.

PART II: ANALYSIS BY SYNTHESIS CODING.

Analysis-by-Synthesis Principles.

Speech Spectral Quantization.

Regular Pulse Excited Coding.

Forward-Adaptive Code Excited Lineaar Prediction.

Standard Forward-Adaptive CELP Codecs.

Backward-Adaptive Code Excited Linear Prediction.

PART III: WIDEBAND CODING AND TRANSMISSION.

Wideband Speech Coding.

PART IV: VERY LOW-RATE CODING AND TRANSMISSION.

Overview of Low-Rate Speech Coding.

Linear Predictive Vocoder.

Wavelets and Pitch Detection.

Zinc Function Excitation.

Mixed-Multiband Excitation.

Sinusoidal Transform Coding Below 4 kbps.

Conclusions on Low-Rate Coding.

Comparison of Speech Codecs and Transceivers.

Appendix A: Constructing the Quadratic Spline Wavelets.

Appendix B: Zinc Function Excitation.

Appendix C: Probability Density Function for Amplitudes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Author Index.