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CRs from SMG#32

Status
Published
Publication Date
30-Nov-2003
Current Stage
6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
Start Date
01-Dec-2003
Due Date
01-Dec-2003
Completion Date
01-Dec-2003
Mandate
T-172

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Overview

The SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003 standard, developed by the Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo (SIST), specifies the Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech processing functions for the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) digital cellular telecommunications system, Phase 2+. This document, aligned with GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997, provides a general description of EFR speech traffic channels within the GSM infrastructure, emphasizing improved speech quality and optimized resource use in mobile communications. EFR is a significant enhancement over previous GSM full rate codecs, offering better voice quality essential for modern wireless communication networks.

Key Topics

Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) Speech Transcoding

  • Utilizes Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction (ACELP) as the core coding algorithm.
  • Converts between 13-bit PCM input and a 12.2 kbit/s compressed speech bitstream.
  • Ensures interoperability across mobile stations and network infrastructure with bit-exact definitions.

Discontinuous Transmission (DTX)

  • Reduces transmission when no speech is detected, conserving battery life in mobile devices and improving spectrum efficiency.
  • Employs Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and Silence Descriptor (SID) frames to handle background noise during pauses.

Voice Activity Detection (VAD)

  • Determines the presence or absence of speech within each frame.
  • Supports efficient DTX operation and accurate comfort noise insertion.

Comfort Noise Insertion

  • Synthesizes background noise at the receiving end during silent periods to avoid perceived "dead air."
  • Maintains a natural audio experience for users by compensating for the absence of transmitted background noise.

Lost Speech Frame Substitution and Muting

  • Implements strategies to mask the effects of lost or corrupted frames due to transmission errors.
  • Substitutes isolated lost frames and resorts to muting for multiple consecutive losses.

Codec Homing

  • Allows reset of codec internal state to ensure consistent testing, approval, and remote management.
  • Supports reliable type approval and operational diagnostics for both terminal and infrastructure equipment.

Alternative Implementation via Adaptive Multi Rate (AMR) 12.2 kbit/s Mode

  • Specifies compliance provisions for using AMR at 12.2 kbit/s as an alternative EFR implementation while maintaining interoperability.

Applications

The standard is vital for:

  • Mobile Network Operators: Ensuring consistent voice quality and efficient use of radio resources across GSM networks.
  • Mobile Device Manufacturers: Adhering to GSM compliance for EFR speech codecs in handsets to guarantee service quality and interoperability.
  • Test and Certification Bodies: Conducting type approval and verification of full compliance for GSM equipment.
  • Network Infrastructure Providers: Implementing EFR speech processing in base stations, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
  • Quality Assurance and Maintenance: Enabling robust network performance audits and remote management using defined codec homing procedures.

Related Standards

The following standards and technical reports are closely related and often referenced for the complete implementation and understanding of EFR speech processing functions in GSM networks:

  • GSM 06.60: Enhanced Full Rate speech transcoding
  • GSM 06.61: Handling of lost frame substitution and muting for EFR channels
  • GSM 06.62: Comfort noise aspects for EFR channels
  • GSM 06.81: Discontinuous transmission (DTX) for EFR channels
  • GSM 06.82: Voice Activity Detection (VAD) for EFR channels
  • GSM 06.53 & 06.54: Reference C code and test vectors for EFR speech codec
  • GSM 01.04: Abbreviations and acronyms for GSM
  • GSM 03.50: Transmission planning for GSM speech services
  • GSM 05.03: Channel coding specifications

By adhering to SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003, stakeholders ensure robust, high-quality speech communications across GSM networks, underpinning the reliability and user satisfaction expected in modern mobile telecommunications.

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Frequently Asked Questions

SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech processing functions; General description (GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997)". This standard covers: CRs from SMG#32

CRs from SMG#32

SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.070.50 - Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM). The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.

SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003 is associated with the following European legislation: Standardization Mandates: T-172. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.

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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech processing functions; General description (GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997)33.070.50Globalni sistem za mobilno telekomunikacijo (GSM)Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM)ICS:Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z:EN 300 723 Version 6.1.1SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003en01-december-2003SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003SLOVENSKI
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ETSI ETSI EN 300 723 V6.1.1 (2000-11)2(GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997)
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ETSI ETSI EN 300 723 V6.1.1 (2000-11)3(GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997) Contents Intellectual Property Rights.4 Foreword.4 1 Scope.5 2 References.5 3 Definitions and abbreviations.6 3.1 Definitions.6 3.2 Abbreviations.6 4 General.6 5 Enhanced Full Rate speech channel transcoding.8 6 Enhanced Full Rate speech channel discontinuous transmission (DTX).8 7 Enhanced Full Rate speech channel Voice Activity Detection (VAD).9 8 Enhanced Full Rate speech channel comfort noise insertion.9 9 Enhanced Full Rate speech channel lost speech frame substitution and muting.9 10 Enhanced Full Rate codec homing.10 11 Alternative Enhanced Full Rate implementation using the Adaptive Multi Rate 12.2 kbit/s mode.10 Annex A (informative): Change Request History.11 History.12
ETSI ETSI EN 300 723 V6.1.1 (2000-11)4(GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997) Intellectual Property Rights IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web server (http://www.etsi.org/ipr). Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document. Foreword This European Standard (Telecommunications series) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Special Mobile Group (SMG). The present document introduces the Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels within the digital cellular telecommunications system. The contents of the present document is subject to continuing work within SMG and may change following formal SMG approval. Should SMG modify the contents of the present document it will be re-released with an identifying change of release date and an increase in version number as follows: Version 6.x.y where: 6 indicates Release 1997 of GSM Phase 2+. x the second digit is incremented for all changes of substance, i.e. technical enhancements, corrections, updates, etc. y the third digit is incremented when editorial only changes have been incorporated in the specification.
National transposition dates Date of adoption of this EN: 24 November 2000 Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 28 February 2001 Date of latest publication of new National Standard or endorsement of this EN (dop/e):
31 August 2001 Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 August 2001
ETSI ETSI EN 300 723 V6.1.1 (2000-11)5(GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997) 1 Scope The present document is an introduction to GSM 06.60 [6], GSM 06.61 [7], GSM 06.62 [8], GSM 06.81 [9] and GSM 06.82 [10] ENs dealing with the speech processing functions in the Enhanced Full Rate channel of the GSM system. A general overview of the speech processing functions is given, with reference to the ENs where each function is specified in detail. 2 References The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present document. • References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or non-specific. • For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply. • For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies. • A non-specific reference to an ETS shall also be taken to refer to later versions published as an EN with the same number. • For this Release 1997 document, references to GSM documents are for Release 1997 versions (version 6.x.y). [1] GSM 01.04: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Abbreviations and acronyms". [2] GSM 03.50: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Transmission planning aspects of the speech service in the GSM Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) system". [3] GSM 05.03: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Channel coding". [4] GSM 06.53: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); ANSI-C code for the GSM Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech codec".
[5] GSM 06.54: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Test vectors for the GSM Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech codec". [6] GSM 06.60: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech transcoding". [7] GSM 06.61: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Substitution and muting of lost frame for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels". [8] GSM 06.62: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Comfort noise aspects for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels". [9] GSM 06.81: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Discontinuous transmission (DTX) for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels". [10] GSM 06.82: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Voice Activity Detector (VAD) for Enhanced Full Rate (EFR) speech traffic channels". SIST EN 300 723 V6.1.1:2003

ETSI ETSI EN 300 723 V6.1.1 (2000-11)6(GSM 06.51 version 6.1.1 Release 1997) 3 Definitions and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions Definition of terms used in the present document can be found in GSM 06.60 [6], GSM 06.61 [7], GSM 06.62 [8], GSM 06.81 [9] and GSM 06.82 [10]. 3.2 Abbreviations For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Prediction BFI Bad Frame Indication
BSS Base Station System CCITT Comité Consultatif International Télégraphique et Téléphonique DTX Discontinuous Transmission ETS European Telecommunication Standard GSM Global System for Mobile communications MS Mobile Station PCM Pulse Code Modulated PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network RF Radio Frequency RSS Radio SubSystem RX Receive SACCH Slow Associated Control CHannel SID SIlence Descriptor SP flag SPeech flag TAF Time Alignment Flag TX Transmit For abbreviations not given in this clause, see GSM 01.04 [1]. 4 General Figure 1 presents a reference configuration where the various speech processing functions are identified. In this figure, the relevant Standards for each function are also indicated. In figure 1, the audio parts including analogue to digital and digital to analogue conversion are included, to show the complete speech path between the audio input/output in the Mobile Station (MS) and t
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