Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a vocoder operative in a speech active mode and a speech inactive mode. In speech active mode, the mobile terminal encodes an input signal to generate a coded speech signal. In a speech inactive mode, the vocoder generates comfort noise parameters for transmission by the mobile terminal. During a FACCH-in-progress condition, override logic forces the vocoder into a speech active mode.

Abstract: In methods and apparatus for suppressing echo of a far end signal encoded using LPC-based compression in a near end signal encoded using LPC-based compression, parameters of each frame of the near end encoded signal are processed without synthesizing a speech signal from the near end encoded signal to determine whether sufficient echo to merit echo suppression is present in the frame. Upon determining that insufficient echo to merit echo suppression is present in the frame, the parameters of the frame are passed unmodified. Upon determining that sufficient echo to merit echo suppression is present in said frame, the parameters of the frame are modified without synthesizing a speech signal to suppress echo in the frame. The methods and apparatus are particularly suitable in codec bypass applications.

Abstract: In methods and apparatus for generating an LPC-encoded noise signal from an LPC-encoded speech signal, excitation parameters of the LPC-encoded speech signal for a current frame are randomized upon detection of speech in the current frame. For frames in which no speech is detected, LPC coefficients and frame energy for the current frame may be replaced with respective averages calculated over the current frame and a plurality of preceding frames. For frames in which speech is detected, LPC coefficients for the current frame may be replaced with respective averages of LPC coefficients used to replace LPC coefficients of an immediately previous frame. The comfort noise generation technique is particularly suitable for use in echo suppressors for digital cellular radio systems.