In this paper, speech bit rate reduction by not transmitting a percentage of samples (i.e., robbing the coder of some samples) has been studied. The technique has been applied to predictive coders, namely differential PCM (DPCM) and adaptive DPCM (ADPCM) coders. A robbed sample is replaced by its estimate so that the prediction process in the feedback loop of the coders continues in a normal manner. After one period delay, when the next sample is decoded, the robbed sample is reestimated using delayed interpolation. Only periodic sample robbing has been considered, such as every fourth, every third, etc. The technique is particularly useful where graceful degradation is required under heavy loading conditions. The technique is found to be useful when the desired bit rate is 24 kbits/s or lower. The technique was evaluated by computer simulation using real-time speech inputs. Improvements of up to 3 dB in the case of a DPCM coder and of up to 1.5 dB in the case of an ADPCM coder have been achieved.

This paper describes the design of a digital speech interpolation (DSI) system called ADPCM/TASI for adaptive differential PCM with time assignment speech interpolation. This system is designed to compress the output of two T1 24-channel PCM carrier terminals into a 1.544 Mbit/s signal that can be transmitted over a single T1 carrier line. The design is based on a bit slice microprocessor structure. Alternative designs are also described.

Computer simulation was used to evaluate the performance of eleven coder/decoders (codecs) with phase shift keying (PSK) voiceband data signals. The codecs were PCM, differential PCM and delta modulation systems designed for speech and operating at bit rates from 16 to 64 kb/s. The voiceband data signals processed by these codecs were demodulated to determine the phase error caused by the codec. Three performance metrics were used to evaluate the performance of these codecs-signal to quantizing noise ratio, variance of the phase error and maximum value of the phase error.

Computer simulation was used to evaluate the performance of eleven coder/decoders (CODEC's) with phase shift keying (PSK) and differential PSK(DPSK) voiceband data signals. The CODEC's were PCM, differential PCM and delta modulation systems designed for speech and operating at bit rates from 16 to 64 kbits/s. The voiceband data signals processed by these CODEC's were demodulated to determine the phase error caused by the CODEC. The phase error introduced by the CODEC's is a function of the phase of the CODEC sampling clock relative to the data modem bit clock. Some of the statistics of the phase error are presented. Three performance metrics were used to evaluate the performance of these CODEC's-signal to quantizing noise ratio, variance of the phase error and maximum value of the phase error.