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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allen Gersho, Goleta, CA (US);
Vladimir Cuperman, Goleta, CA (US);
Jan Linden, Goleta, CA (US);
Ajit V. Rao, Goleta, CA (US);
Sassan Ahmadi, San Diego, CA (US);
Fenghua Liu, San Diego, CA (US);
Ryan Heidari, Encinitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/500 ;
Abstract
A variable bit rate coder, and an associated method, for encoding a frame of speech, such as frames of data generated during operation of a communication station operable in a cellular communication system. Selection of the coding rate is made responsive to indicia of actual coding performance of a coder at more than one coding rate.