A wideband noise suppressor for the AMR wideband speech codec

Author

Kato, Masanori ; Sugiyama, Akihiko ; Serizawa, Masahiro

Author_Institution

Multimedia Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

2002

Firstpage

156

Lastpage

158

Abstract

A wideband noise suppressor for the AMR (adaptive multi-rate) wideband speech codec is proposed. The wideband noise suppressor features weighted noise estimation for an accurate noise estimate, pseudo noise injection for more suitable spectral gain, and synthesis windowing for smooth transition at frame boundaries. In the subjective evaluation with the AMR wideband speech codec, the proposed noise suppressor satisfies all eighteen provisional requirements, which was originally standardized for AMR narrowband noise suppressor, in absolute category rating, ten out of twelve provisional requirements in comparison category rating (CCR), respectively. Although it does not meet two requirements in CCR, its basic performance suggests that the proposed wideband noise suppressor is most likely to meet all requirements by the evaluation with 24 listeners specified in the test plan for AMR narrowband noise suppressor.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; speech codecs; AMR wideband speech codec; absolute category rating; comparison category rating; frame boundaries; pseudo noise injection; spectral gain; synthesis windowing; test plan; weighted noise estimation; wideband noise suppressor; Code standards; Noise figure; Noise level; Speech analysis; Speech codecs; Speech enhancement; Speech synthesis; Telecommunication standards; Wideband; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Speech Coding, 2002, IEEE Workshop Proceedings.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7549-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCW.2002.1215756

Filename

1215756