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Introduction to IP Audio

Introduction to IP Audio Book

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IP Audio Summary image
Digitize, Packetize, Transmit, Sequence, Play Audio - Packet transmission losses are bursty and delays vary so IP audio systems must adapt to the varying conditions.

Digital Audio Compression - Dynamic Range - IP audio is typically compressed by 50:1.
- Waveform Coding - Perceptual Coding - Voice Coding

Audio Quality - Fidelity

- Frequency response

- Echo reflected signals
Audio Coding
- The sound to digital conversion process. It differs based on the type of communication channel.
- Internet - sound and music - MP1, MP2, MP3, AAC
- Mobile - voice audio, limited bandwidth - VBR, AMR

- Telephone - audio band only, G.711 (64 kbps), G.729 (8 kbps)

 

Introduction to IP Audio Book

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Introduction to IP Audio

This book explains the fundamentals of audio, how it is digitized and compressed, basics of audio streaming, methods that are used to store audio, how to host digital audio on the web, audio control protocols, IP Audio streaming quality measurements and control and how digital rights management may be incorporated into IP Audio.

$19.99 Printed, $16.99 eBook