Enhanced channel coding using source criteria in speech coders

Spectral efficiency in digital voice communications in personal communications networks is primarily provided for by advanced speech coding techniques. A threat to the quality and low bit rate requirements of these speech coders is imposed by the transmission channel. Channel coding is thus considered mandatory, but its performance is limited to specific channel conditions and system constraints like bandwidth and transmission power. The authors describe a technique for exploiting source redundancy in speech coders for further improving the performance of the channel coding scheme without the obligatory increased redundancy