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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1992
Eric Schorman, Bedford, TX (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for muting a audio signal in a digital communication system. The method includes the steps of integrating an indicated error per frame for a time interval and comparing the integrated value with a threshold. The method also includes the step of applying a heavy mute to a frame, with an indicated error, when the integrated value does not exceed the threshold and a light mute to a frame with an indicated error, when the integrated value exceeds the threshold. Integrating the indicated error allows a heavy mute to be applied to bad frames when errors are occasional in nature. Integration also allows a light mute to be applied in the case where the content of a signal has been highly corrupted with erroneous information thereby maximizing the information content of good frames while still allowing contributions from corrupted frames at a reduced signal level.