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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2009
Jari Makinen, Tampere, FI;
Jari Makinen, Tampere, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method and apparatus include a voice activity detection module configured to detect silent frames, and a codec mode selection module configured to determine a codec mode. The voice activity detection module includes a receiver configured to receive a frame, a first determiner configured to determine a first set of parameters from the frame, and a providing unit configured to provide the first set of parameters to the codec mode selection module. The codec mode selection module includes a second determiner configured to determine a second set of parameters in dependence on the first set of parameters, and a selector configured to select a codec mode in dependence on the second set of parameters.