This coder has two bit rates, 5.3 and 6.3 Kbps. Both bit rates share the same short-term analysis techniques for processing the speech. For long-term analysis of speech, the algorithms used are different. For 5.3 Kbps coder, Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) principles are used where as in 6.3 Kbps coder, Multi Pulse-Maximum Likelihood Quantization (MP-MLQ) techniques are used.
The coder works on a frame of 240 speech samples (30 msec). Besides, there is a look ahead of 60 samples (7.5 msec). So the total algorithmic delay for the coder is 37.5 msec.
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