Enhancement of ADPCM speech coding with backward-adaptive algorithms for postfiltering and noise feedback

It is shown that postfiltering circuits based on higher order LPC (linear predictive coding) models can provide very low distortion in terms of special tilt. Thus, they can provide better speech enhancement than circuits based on the backward-adaptive pole-zero predictor in ADPCM (adaptive digital pulse code modulation). Quantitative criteria for designing postfiltering circuits based on higher-order LPC models are discussed. These postfilters are particularly attractive for systems where high-order LPC analysis is an integral part of the coding algorithm. In a subjective test that used a computer-simulated version of these circuits, enhanced ADPCM obtained a mean opinion score of 3.6 at 16 kb/s.>