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ecause a voice signal is usually highly correlated. The filtering stages formpart <strong>of</strong> internal constructs <strong>of</strong> encoder=decoder units. Their function is tosuppress low-frequency noise <strong>and</strong> apply an anti-aliasing process to it.Various types <strong>of</strong> codecs are available, <strong>and</strong> their applications vary as thenetwork dem<strong>and</strong>s. However, the levels <strong>of</strong> programmability, the clock frequencies,<strong>and</strong> the fabrication technologies used dictate the difference. The codecalso coordinates the timing between itself <strong>and</strong> the network(s) with which itinterfaces. Data transmission is synchronized <strong>and</strong> multiplexed. To maintain theindustry st<strong>and</strong>ard <strong>of</strong> voice signal quality, the digitized voice signal must have asignal-to-distortion level <strong>of</strong> at least 30 dB over a 40-dB dynamic range [9]. Inorder to meet this specification, two methods <strong>of</strong> data reduction (comp<strong>and</strong>ing)have been specified: m-law (also called Mu-255 law) <strong>and</strong> A-law.Comp<strong>and</strong>ing, simply a compression <strong>and</strong> expansion process, is used toupgrade the quality <strong>of</strong> the pulse, which increases the signal-to-noise ratio <strong>and</strong>reduces peak power to prevent overloading. Both the encoder <strong>and</strong> decoderunits <strong>of</strong> the codec perform comp<strong>and</strong>ing.The m-law comp<strong>and</strong>ing technique is the st<strong>and</strong>ard used in North America<strong>and</strong> Japan, whereas the A-law comp<strong>and</strong>ing technique is the accepted st<strong>and</strong>ardin Europe. Most codec manufacturers have developed a device that meets bothcomp<strong>and</strong>ing techniques. These laws are logarithmics:m-law:Y ¼lnð1 þ mjxjÞlnð1 þ mÞð3:45ÞwhereY ¼ Coding range.x ¼ Amplitude, 1 x 1.The value <strong>of</strong> m is determined by the law <strong>and</strong> is constant.A-law:Y ¼ 1 þ lnðAjxjÞ1; where jxj 11 þ lnðAÞA ð3:46ÞAxY ¼1 þ lnðAÞ ; where 0 jxj 1 Að3:47ÞThe value <strong>of</strong> A is determined by the law <strong>and</strong> is constant.The main difference between m-law <strong>and</strong> A-law is that in A-law thenormalized amplitude x is replaced with a signal whose amplitude is smallerCopyright © 2002 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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