Abstract: A communication system for high bandwidth communication over a Controller Area Network (CAN) communication bus. The communication system comprises at least one transmitting node and at least one receiving node. A controller unit of the transmitting node codes and transmits a data field by modulating a sequence of pulses with varying durations defined by deviating a number of level transitions of a known cyclic signal waveform by a series of delays. The series of delays indicates a sequence of data symbols to be transmitted and the series of delays is calculated by applying different modulation calculations for odd and even elements of the data field.

Abstract: There are provided methods and apparatus for performing modified cosine transformation (MDCT) with an analysis/synthesis windowing function, using an analysis windowing function having a meandering portion which passes a linear function in correspondence of at least four points.

Abstract: A system may determine an initial safety prediction for a driver or rider associated with a shared mobility service. Then the system may receive, from various sensors, sensor data collected during operation of a vehicle. The system may determine a subset of the sensor data related to one or more shared mobility statuses, then determine, based on the subset of the sensor data, a safety score for the driver and/or rider. The system may further perform operations based on the safety score and/or the initial safety prediction.

Abstract: A fire system for a building is provided, the fire system including a fire panel for monitoring the building and activating an alarm; and a plurality of remote units electrically connected to the fire panel in a circuit having a loop configuration. At least some of the plurality of remote units including an indicating device for modulating a current in the circuit. The plurality of remote units are in communication with the fire panel in a master-slave relationship. The fire panel includes a calibration module for polling each indicating device to obtain a current response value and for storing said current response values, the current response value of an indicating device being based on the amplitude of the current when modulated by that indicating device.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for a single edge nibble transmission (SENT) multi-transmission mode are described. In an example, a system can include a transmitter and a receiver connected to one another. The transmitter may encode an identifier of a device in a synchronization nibble of a SENT signal. The transmitter may transmit the SENT signal with the encoded identifier to the receiver. The receiver may receive the SENT signal from the transmitter. The receiver may decode the identifier of the device from the synchronization nibble of the SENT signal to identify the device.

Abstract: When a TRP performs a TRP beam sweep for a WD with multiple antenna arrangements and the WD is expected to perform an UL transmission (e.g., the WD has at least a threshold amount of data in its transmit buffer) and UL beam selection is based on DL beam selection, in one embodiment the WD takes the available output power of the different antenna arrangements in to account during RSRP calculations for the different candidate TRP TX beams such that the RSRP from an antenna arrangement that has lower available output power is weighted less compared to the RSRP measured from an antenna arrangement that has higher available output power.

Abstract: Methods and systems for performing signal pre-correction of a transmission signal comprising a sequence of symbols using a Pattern Dependent Look-up Table (PDLUT) containing one or more distortion correction values. Upon accessing a distortion correction value from the PDLUT for a symbol of the sequence of symbols, the accessed distortion correction value is quantized into one or more quantized values according to one or more quantizations, thereby reducing the bit-width of the distortion correction value. The transmission signal and the distortion correction value with reduced bit-width may undergo linear correction compensation, such as through a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, independent of one another, where the one or more quantized correction values with reduced bit-width reduce a number of calculation steps performed during linear correction compensation resulting in power savings.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for preparing channel state information (“CSI”). One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver configured to communicate with a base unit over a radio access network using at least one transmission layer and determining a total number of non-zero coefficients over a set of layers. The processor determines an indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients, where determining the indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients comprises encoding the total number of non-zero coefficients by selecting a codeword from a plurality of candidate codewords. The processor prepares CSI, where the CSI comprises the indication of the total number of non-zero coefficients and the transceiver transmits the CSI to the base unit.

Abstract: The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.

Abstract: A two-dimensional square constraint encoding and decoding method and device, relating to the fields of data storage and data communication. The encoding method includes caching a one-dimensional data stream, and dividing the one-dimensional data stream into several sets of one-dimensional 2-bit data; according to an encoding table, encoding each set of 2-bit data into a 3*2 two-dimensional codeword in sequence by an encoder, and then cascading all the two-dimensional codewords into a two-dimensional constraint array in a specified order; the decoding method includes reading the two-dimensional constraint array by a decoder, and dividing the two-dimensional constraint array into several 3*2 two-dimensional codewords; decoding each two-dimensional codeword into the one-dimensional 2-bit data in sequence through a decoding table, and then successively assembling the generated one-dimensional 2-bit data into the one-dimensional data stream and outputting.

Abstract: A computer processing hardware architecture system in a highly secure isogeny based cryptosystem that includes at least one computer processor operably configured to target accelerating operations involved in isogenies on elliptic curves and having a secret key register operably configured to register a secret key, a pseudo-random function, and a secret message buffer, each operably written to by a 2:4 demultiplexer circuit operably configured to receive outside data in regions therein and read by a 4:2 multiplexer circuit.

Abstract: A signal analysis method is described. The signal analysis method comprises: receiving an N-ary input signal, the input signal comprising a symbol sequence; determining at least two threshold transition times of the input signal within a predetermined time period, wherein the input signal respectively crosses an amplitude threshold of several predetermined amplitude thresholds at each of the threshold transition times; determining time intervals between the threshold transition times; evaluating the time intervals based on a set of predefined conditions; and assigning the threshold transition times to at least one symbol transition based on the evaluation. Further, a signal analysis module is described.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an audio playing method and apparatus, and a terminal. The method includes: obtaining a combined third pulse code modulation (PCM) code stream according to a first PCM code stream and a second PCM code stream, where information about the first PCM code stream and information about the second PCM code stream are carried in respective channels of the third PCM code stream; inputting the third PCM code stream to a DAC, and outputting the third PCM code stream to a first speaker and a second speaker through the DAC for playback. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, two audio code streams are combined into one audio code stream, and the information about the two audio code streams are carried in different channels of the combined audio code stream.

Abstract: Disclosed herein include a system and a method of synchronizing a slave device to a signal from a master device based on pulse width analysis. The pulse width analysis is a process to sample the signal at a sampling frequency of the slave device, determine varying pulse widths of the sampled signal, and determine frequency of an embedded master clock signal of the signal based on statistical analysis of the varying pulse widths. Advantageously, performing pulse width analysis allows synchronization of a slave device with the embedded master clock signal in a time and cost efficient manner. In one aspect, determining a frequency of the embedded master clock signal and adjusting an internal clock of the slave device according to the determined frequency is faster and more cost efficient than iteratively adjusting the internal clock based on feedback loop based circuitries.

Abstract: Multi-drop communications channels can have significantly deep notches in their frequency response causing a corresponding limitation of the effective data transmission rate. A special time-ordered coding method is described which results in the emitted spectrum of the data stream transmitted into the channel having a notch at the same frequency as the notch in the channel frequency response, permitting channel receivers to successfully decode the transmitted data stream. The described coding method may be applied at various multiples of the channel notch frequency to support different throughput rates, and may be combined with other coding techniques such as group or vector signaling codes.

Abstract: A method performed by a client for upstreaming to a server a live media feed is provided. The method includes the client establishing a transport layer connection with the server; transmitting to the server a first message having a header and a body; and storing in a transmit buffer media data corresponding to the live media feed as the media data is generated. The header does not indicate the size of the body. A quality setting is used to generate the media data. Transmitting the body includes: 1) transmitting to the server at least a portion of the media data; 2) removing from the transmit buffer said at least a portion of the media data; 3) determining whether the client should modify the quality setting that is used to generate the media data, and 4) repeating steps (1), (2) and (3) until a cease transmission trigger is detected.

Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for preparing channel state information (“CSI”). One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver configured to communicate with a base unit over a RAN using spatial multiplexing, wherein multiple transmission layers are transmitted at a time, each transmission layer comprising multiple beams. The processor identifies a set of non-zero amplitude parameters and a set of zero amplitude parameters over the set of layers. The processor computes a number of non-zero amplitude parameters and determines an indication of the number of non-zero amplitude parameters. The processor determines the location of zero amplitude parameters to generate a set of location bits. The processor prepares CSI that includes the indication of the number of non-zero amplitude parameters and the set of location bits. The transceiver transmits the CSI to the base unit.

Abstract: A backward compatible frame reuse mechanism that allows new information to be defined a reused frame without causing any incorrect operation in a legacy receive device. To generate a reused frame, a portion of the frame in the first format is masked with a predetermined masking sequence (PMS) and thereby redefined as new fields in a second format. When a device that supports the reuse scheme receives a frame that possible is a reused frame, the device checks the potentially reused portion according to the first format after de-masking and also checks according to the second format without de-masking. Based on the check results, the device selects a format to resolve the frame. A legacy device receiving the reused frame only checks the reused portion without de-masking, which results in a certain check error and makes the device discard the frame without any harmful operation.

Abstract: Generating of a broadband signal by generating multiple RF signals having a limited frequency range and combining the multiple RF signals. The generation of the individual RF signals is controlled based on a feedback loop measuring the combination of the multiple RF signals and adjusting at least one operational parameter in a device generating RF signals having the limited bandwidth.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video signal transmission device and the like that can support a variety of system specifications. The device includes a packer unit, an encoder unit, and a serializer. The packer unit generates, from a video signal of one or more pixels, a plurality of block signals having a packet configuration of size corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits of a color signal constituting a video signal. At this time, a control signal including a pulse having a width corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits is also generated. The encoder unit applies encoding processing having encoding efficiencies that are different between a first period and a second period of a control signal that are distinguished depending on existence or non-existence of a pulse to the block signals.

Abstract: The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.

Abstract: This application discloses a data processing method and apparatus. The method includes: distributing, by a first distribution circuit, a first bit stream to FEC encoders 1 to N in a round robin fashion, where digital signals 1 to N that are output after being encoded by the FEC encoders 1 to N are in a one-to-one correspondence with a least significant bit to a most significant bit of an input signal of a PAM circuit, a coding gain GX of an FEC encoder X is greater than a coding gain GY of an FEC encoder Y, 1?X<Y?N, N?2, and X, Y, and N are all integers. In the method, different FEC coding gains can be provided for links with different bit error rates, so that a requirement of a high-rate Ethernet for a high gain during long-distance data transmission is met, and physical-layer resources occupied by FEC are reduced.

Abstract: Methods and systems for encoding of integers are discussed. For example, various methods and systems may utilize Huffman coding, Tunstall coding, Arithmetic Coding, LZ77 coding, LZ78 coding, LW coding, or Shannon Fano Elias coding to encode the integers.

Abstract: A video decoder may perform, based on an operation mode, at least one of a first decoding operation to restore a first bin value based on a first context value, a second decoding operation to restore a second bin value based on an updated first context value or a second context value, a third decoding operation to restore a third bin value based on the updated first context value or a third context value, and a fourth decoding operation to restore at least one bypass bin value without a context value. Based on the operation mode, the video decoder may output the first bin value, the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and the at least one bypass bin value, the first bin value and one of the second and third bin values, or at least one of the first, second, and third bin values.

Abstract: Optical Position Encoders and methods using the same are described. In embodiments, the optical position encoders include a multitrack Hybrid Cyclic Binary Code-2 (HCBC-2) encoded scale and an Optical Readout Assembly (ORA), where the ORA provides absolute position optical readout and automatic physical alignment to the scale. Linear optical position encoders, rotary optical position encoders, and methods of measuring the position of ORA relative to a scale using such encoders are also described.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an encoding processing unit that stores an encoded stream of an input data that is encoded based on the specified encoding control information; a buffer management unit that calculates the transmission buffer occupancy indicating the amount of data stored in a transmission buffer according to the generated data amount, and the reception buffer occupancy indicating the amount of data stored in a reception buffer, which is the destination of the encoded stream; and a control information specifying unit that, when the transmission buffer occupancy is equal to or less than a first threshold, specifies the encoding control information based on the reception buffer occupancy, and when the transmission buffer occupancy is greater than the first threshold, specifies the encoding control information to further reduce the generated data amount than in the case of equal to or less than the first threshold, to the encoding processing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a video signal transmission device and the like that can support a variety of system specifications. The device includes a packer unit, an encoder unit, and a serializer. The packer unit generates, from a video signal of one or more pixels, a plurality of block signals having a packet configuration of size corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits of a color signal constituting a video signal. At this time, a control signal including a pulse having a width corresponding to the number of pixels and the number of tone bits is also generated. The encoder unit applies encoding processing having encoding efficiencies that are different between a first period and a second period of a control signal that are distinguished depending on existence or non-existence of a pulse to the block signals.

Abstract: An example method includes receiving a video bitstream with a high fidelity input format and side information related to the video bitstream. The side information includes a video bitstream representing the original video source with a low fidelity input format, coding parameters optimized based on knowledge of the original video source, transform coefficients, indicative of a residual between the original video source and a decoded version of the high fidelity format. The method further includes decoding the side information to generate transcoding guiding information, estimating a representation of video bitstream with a low fidelity output format, based on the received bit stream and the generated transcoding guiding information, improving the estimated low-fidelity representation by adding the transform coefficients of the side information to transform coefficients generated from the estimated low-fidelity representation, and encoding the improved estimated representation of the low-fidelity bitstream.

Abstract: A receiver node for use in a digital broadcast system, comprising a receiver configured to receive a signal containing a service encoded with an error correcting code for decoding and wherein said receiver is further configured to ignore the signal during an ignore period, the node configured to use said error correcting code and the encoded service received outside the ignore period to reconstruct the part of the service ignored by the receiver.

Abstract: Disclosed approaches of determining an estimated glitch toggle rate at an output of a logic circuit include inputting functional static probabilities of combinations of states of the plurality of inputs and a generated glitch toggle rate of the logic circuit. Each functional static probability indicates a probability of the states of the inputs of the combination. For each input of the plurality of inputs to the logic circuit, a Boolean Difference Function (BDF) of the input is generated. A maximum glitch rate, which is the estimated glitch toggle rate, is determined based on the generated glitch toggle rate and the functional static probabilities associated with selected combinations of states of the BDF.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for decoding an optical data signal. Said optical data signal is phase and amplitude modulated according to a constellation diagram with at least eight constellation points representing non-binary symbols. Said decoding method comprises the following steps: —carrying out a carrier phase recovery of a received signal ignoring the possible occurrence of phase slips, —decoding said signal after phase recovery, wherein in said decoding, possible cycle slips occurring during phase recovery are modelled as virtual input to an equivalent encoder assumed by the decoding scheme. Further disclosed are a related encoding method as well as a receiver and a transmitter.

Abstract: An object matching method is applied to a camera system with an object matching function. The object matching method includes detecting a moving object within overlapped monitoring areas of two image capturing units to generate a first coordinate point and a second coordinate point respectively upon a first coordinate system and a second coordinate system, calculating at least one transforming parameter of the first coordinate system relative to the second coordinate system, acquiring a reliability level according to a comparison result between the transforming parameter and a threshold, determining a final transform parameter by the reliability level, utilizing the final transform parameter to transform the first coordinate point into a third coordinate point upon the second coordinate system, and determining whether the first coordinate point and the second coordinate point indicate the same object by difference between the third coordinate point and the second coordinate point.

Abstract: An encoding circuit for selecting a transmit data symbol for transmission over a data bus may include an alternate symbol generation circuit configured to generate an alternate data symbol based on an encoded data symbol scheduled for transmission over the data bus and a decision circuit configured to select the encoded data symbol or the alternate data symbol as the transmit symbol based on a plurality of phasors. The decision circuit may include a plurality of phasor generation circuits configured to generate the plurality of phasors based on the encoded data symbol and a plurality of target frequencies.

Abstract: An example method may include a processing system of a device having a processor capturing, at a first position comprising a first location and a first spatial orientation of the device, a first measurement of a performance indicator based upon at least a first wireless signal from a base station of a beamformed wireless communication network and capturing, at a second position comprising a second location and a second spatial orientation of the device, a second measurement of the performance indicator based upon at least a second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network. The method may include the processing system selecting a position for a deployment of the device based upon the first measurement of the performance indicator and the second measurement of the performance indicator and providing at least one instruction for the deployment of the device at the position that is selected.

Abstract: A transmission device and reception device for digital data that have excellent resistance to noise are provided. An encoder (11-1) of this disclosure, included in a transmission device (1) of this disclosure, applies LDPC encoding to digital data using a unique check matrix for each code rate by using a check matrix in which, taking a check matrix initial value table established in advance for each code rate at a code length of 44880 bits as initial values, 1 entries of a partial matrix corresponding to an information length appropriate for a code rate of 93/120 are allocated in the column direction over a cycle of 374 columns. A demodulator (23) of this disclosure, included in a reception device (2) of this disclosure, decodes digital data encoded by the encoder (11-1).

Abstract: A chiller system includes a compressor configured to circulate a refrigerant between an evaporator and a condenser in a closed refrigerant loop and a synchronous motor configured to drive the compressor. The motor includes a stator winding and a rotor. The chiller system includes a controller configured to estimate a flux linkage of the rotor and generate a control signal for the motor based on the estimated flux linkage. Estimating the flux linkage includes applying a voltage of the stator winding to a transfer function having an error correction variable, using a first value of the error correction variable in the transfer function to obtain convergence of the flux linkage over an initial motor starting interval, and using a second value of the error correction variable after the initial motor starting interval to reduce an error in estimating the flux linkage.

Abstract: A method for processing an image, the method comprising retrieving an image, encoding the image as a string of components, deriving an exponent for each component, deriving mantissas wherein at least an approximation of each component can be derived from the exponents and mantissas, and wherein each exponent indicates the number of bits in its accompanying mantissa, compressing at least the exponents, and storing the exponents and the mantissas in a memory. There is also provided a apparatus for processing an image.

Abstract: An encrypted text matching system includes: an auxiliary data generating unit that generates first and second auxiliary data, which are for verification of matching between a first encrypted text that is obtained by encrypting input data and is registered with a storage device and a second encrypted text that is obtained by encrypting input data to be matched, the verification being performed by using a Hamming distance between plaintexts; and a matching determining unit that performs one-way conversion on at least part of the second auxiliary data, performs one-way conversion on intermediate data that is generated based on a difference between the first encrypted text and the second encrypted text and on the first auxiliary data, and determines whether a Hamming distance between plaintexts is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the Hamming distance corresponding to the difference between the first and second encrypted text.

Abstract: A time de-interleaving circuit and a time de-interleaving method perform a time de-interleaving process through writing and reading a plurality of sets of time interleaved data into and from a first memory and a second memory. The time de-interleaving method includes: selecting a set of first time interleaved data and a set of second time interleaved data from the plurality of sets of time interleaved data, the set of first time interleaved data and the set of second time interleaved data having the same delay length; writing the set of first time interleaved data into the first memory; and writing the set of second time interleaved data into the second memory. The first memory utilizes a bit length as an access unit, and the second memory has an access unit smaller than the bit width.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for probing a communication channel. These systems and methods transmit an error vector probe packet from a first transmitter while a second transmitter is active and transmitting. A network device may receive the error vector probe packet and measure an error vector magnitude based on the received error vector probe packet. Using the error vector magnitude, the network device estimates channel characteristics such as signal-to-noise ratio, data capacity, etc. The transmission can occur when more than one transmitter is active and transmitting. At least some of the other transmitters are active and transmit an analog zero signal, e.g., all digital zeros on the input to the digital-to-analog converter of a network device when an error vector probe packet is transmitted.

Abstract: Video coders may perform perspective transformation of reference frames during coding in a manner that conserves processing resources. When a new input frame is available for coding, a camera position for the input frame may be estimated. A video coder may search for reference pictures having similar camera positions as the position of the input frame and, for each reference picture identified, the video coder may perform a prediction search to identify a reference picture that is the best prediction match for the input frame. Once the video coder identifies a reference picture to serve as a prediction source for the input frame, the video coder may derive a transform to match the reference frame data to the input frame data and may transform the reference picture accordingly. The video coder may code the input frame using the transformed reference picture as a prediction reference and may transmit coded frame data and the camera position of the input frame to a decoder.

Abstract: Embodiments of method and apparatus for acoustic echo control are described. According to the method, an echo energy-based doubletalk detection is performed to determine whether there is a doubletalk in a microphone signal with reference to a loudspeaker signal. A spectral similarity between spectra of the microphone signal and the loudspeaker signal is calculated. It is determined that there is no doubletalk in the microphone signal if the spectral similarity is higher than a threshold level. Adaption of an adaptive filter for applying acoustic echo cancellation or acoustic echo suppression on the microphone signal is enabled if it is determined that there is no doubletalk in the microphone signal through the echo energy-based doubletalk detection, or there is no doubletalk through the spectral similarity-based doubletalk detection.

Abstract: Embodiments include generating an error correction code by identifying two error-correcting codes of length n with minimum distances d and 2d, such that the second code is contained into the first code. Data is then encoded into t?1 blocks using the first code, and into the t-th block using the second block. The first t?1 encoded blocks are stored into t?1 blocks of memory locations, while the exclusive-OR (XOR) of such t?1 encoded blocks and the t-th encoded block is stored into a t-th block of memory location. The final encoded vector of length to is identified as belonging in a code with minimum distance 2d. Rotations of an encoded vector jn times are identified as belonging to the same equivalence class. A received vector or its rotations jn times can be successfully identified in the presence of up to d?1 errors, while d errors are identified as uncorrectable errors.

Abstract: This invention proposes an alternative modulation format for channels that present improved performance when such channels co-propagate with existing intensity modulated channels. This modulation format is named Rhombic-QPSK (R-QPSK) and it is designed in such a way that it presents more tolerance to phase noise created by the nonlinear interaction with the legacy channels.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the method for rendering a music signal compatible with a discontinuous transmission codec includes detecting a period of silence within an initial music signal, producing an auxiliary audio signal whose amplitude is less than that of the initial signal outside of the period of silence, but sufficient to not be detectable as silence by a discontinuous transmission codec, and replacing the initial music signal with the auxiliary signal during the period of silence.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a digital retro-directive system and method thereof for receiving incoming signals from a transmitting source by means of at least two antennas and transmitting outgoing signals back, substantially, simultaneously, towards said transmitting source through said at least two antennas irrespective of the location of one antenna with respect to another and without calculating phase differences between said outgoing signals.

Abstract: A microphone arrangement has an SMD housing with a sound inlet opening. A transducer receives sound waves through the sound inlet opening and converts the received sound waves into electrical signals. An analog-to-digital converter provides digital signals. An interface control unit with a digital interface is used by the chip to transmit data serially to an external device. At least one further interface is connected to a peripheral device such that the at least one further interface can be used to transmit data between the peripheral devices and the interface control unit. The transducer, the analog-to-digital converter, the interface control unit and the at least one further interface are integrated in the SMD housing.

Abstract: A clock data recovery circuit includes: an oscillator that outputs a clock signal; a phase comparator that outputs a signal corresponding to a phase difference between an input reception data signal and the clock signal; a divider that outputs a feedback clock signal; a first variable delay circuit that outputs a delay data signal; a second variable delay circuit that outputs a delay feedback clock signal; a frequency phase comparator that outputs a signal corresponding to a frequency difference and a phase difference between the delay data signal and the delay feedback clock signal; a lock detector that outputs a determination signal indicating whether or not the frequency difference and the phase difference are within a predetermined range; and a multiplexer that receives the determination signal and select a signal of the phase comparator and a signal of the frequency phase comparator.

Abstract: A video transmission device 10 has: a packer 11 which receives a video signal, a sync signal, and a data-enable signal, and generates a plurality of packet signals by packetizing the video signal and the sync signal based on the data-enable signal and according to the number of bytes of a packet corresponding to the number of gradation bits of the video signal; an encode unit 15 which generates a plurality of encoded packet signals by encoding the plurality of packet signals; and a serializer 14 which generates a serial packet signal by parallel-serial converting the plurality of encoded packet signals. The packer 11 generates a control signal including a pulse with a pulse width corresponding to the number of bytes of the packet, and the encode unit 15 subjects a portion of the packet signals corresponding to the pulse in the control signal from the packer, to an encode process which is different from a process for the other portion.

Abstract: An audio coding terminal and method is provided. The terminal includes a coding mode setting unit to set an operation mode, from plural operation modes, for input audio coding by a codec configured to code the input audio based on the set operation mode such that when the set operation mode is a high frame erasure rate (FER) mode the codec codes a current frame of the input audio according to a select frame erasure concealment (FEC) mode of one or more FEC modes. Upon the setting of the operation mode to be the High FER mode the one FEC mode is selected, from the one or more FEC modes predetermined for the High FER mode, to control the codec by incorporating of redundancy within a coding of the input audio or as separate redundancy information separate from the coded input audio according to the selected one FEC mode.