On GMM Kalman predictive coding of LSFS for packet loss

Gaussian mixture model (GMM)-based Kalman predictive coders have been shown to perform better than baseline GMM recursive coders in predictive coding of line spectral frequencies (LSFs) for both clean and packet loss conditions However, these stationary GMM Kalman predictive coders were not specifically designed for operation in packet loss conditions. In this paper, we demonstrate an approach to the the design of GMM-based predictive coding for packet loss channels. In particular, we show how a stationary GMM Kalman predictive coder can be modified to obtain a set of encoding and decoding modes, each with different Kalman gains. This approach leads to more robust performance of predictive coding of LSFs in packet loss conditions, as the coder mismatch between the encoder and decoder are minimized. Simulation results show that this Robust GMM Kalman predictive coder performs better than other baseline GMM predictive coders with no increase in complexity. To the best of our knowledge, no previous work has specifically examined the design of GMM predictive coders for packet loss conditions.