Binary code excited linear prediction (BCELP): new approach to CELP coding of speech without codebooks

A new analysis-by-synthesis speech coding approach able to produce good quality speech in the vicinity of 4.8 kbit/s is presented. The new approach produces the same speech quality as obtained by CELP codecs without needing any excitation codebook storage. The new coder employs a very simple excitation search procedure and processes an inherent robustness against channel errors. The approach is based on the ternary code excitation CELP introduced previously (see P. Desantis et al. 1986).