Programmable communications terminal optimization using systematic digital signal compression procedures

This paper discusses the application of several highly systematic signal compression procedures to the digital transmission and storage of different types of redundant data. The techniques are applicable to programmable microprocessor-based communications terminals and are based on a minimax technique applied to several statistical measures of the error between the raw signal data and the reconstituted data after transmission in a compacted form. Specific applications are made to the optimization of narrowband voice transmission systems.