• ETRI Journal
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.1064-1073
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• 2016

An adaptive speech streaming method to improve the perceived speech quality of a software-based multipoint control unit (SW-based MCU) over IP networks is proposed. First, the proposed method predicts whether the speech packet to be transmitted is lost. To this end, the proposed method learns the pattern of packet losses in the IP network, and then predicts the loss of the packet to be transmitted over that IP network. The proposed method classifies the speech signal into different classes of silence, unvoiced, speech onset, or voiced frame. Based on the results of packet loss prediction and speech classification, the proposed method determines the proper amount and bitrate of redundant speech data (RSD) that are sent with primary speech data (PSD) in order to assist the speech decoder to restore the speech signals of lost packets. Specifically, when a packet is predicted to be lost, the amount and bitrate of the RSD must be increased through a reduction in the bitrate of the PSD. The effectiveness of the proposed method for learning the packet loss pattern and assigning a different speech coding rate is then demonstrated using a support vector machine and adaptive multirate-narrowband, respectively. The results show that as compared with conventional methods that restore lost speech signals, the proposed method remarkably improves the perceived speech quality of an SW-based MCU under various packet loss conditions in an IP network.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.349-360
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• 2002

인터넷 폰 시스템은 네트워크 트래픽 문제로 인한 지연, 지터 그리고 패킷 손실을 경험하고 이로 인한 통화품질의 저하가 문제가 되어 통화품질 (QoS) 향상 기술이 필요하게 되었다. 본 논문에서는 인터넷상에서 통화품질을 저해하는 요소들을 분석하고 실시간 전송 프로토콜/실시간 전송제어 프로토콜 (RTP/RTCP)을 이용하여 네트워크 상태를 진단하여 송, 수신 단말기간 네트워크 트래픽에 알맞은 방식으로 인코딩된 패킷을 송,수신하는 동적인 손실 복구 알고리즘을 제안한다. 실험결과 제안한 부가정보를 이용한 동적인 손실 복구 알고리즘은 연속 패킷손실인 경우 63%의 손실패킷 복원률을 보여주며, 비연속 패킷손실인 경우 42%의 패킷손실 복원률을 보여준다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.170-191
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• 2024

The transmission of confidential data using cover media is called steganography. The three requirements of any effective steganography system are high embedding capacity, security, and imperceptibility. The text file's structure, which makes syntax and grammar more visually obvious than in other media, contributes to its poor imperceptibility. Text steganography is regarded as the most challenging carrier to hide secret data because of its insufficient redundant data compared to other digital objects. Unicode characters, especially non-printing or invisible, are employed for hiding data by mapping a specific amount of secret data bits in each character and inserting the character into cover text spaces. These characters are known with limited spaces to embed secret data. Current studies that used Unicode characters in text steganography focused on increasing the data hiding capacity with insufficient redundant data in a text file. A sequential embedding pattern is often selected and included in all available positions in the cover text. This embedding pattern negatively affects the text steganography system's imperceptibility and security. Thus, this study attempts to solve these limitations using the Part-of-speech (POS) tagging technique combined with the randomization concept in data hiding. Combining these two techniques allows inserting the Unicode characters in randomized patterns with specific positions in the cover text to increase data hiding capacity with minimum effects on imperceptibility and security. Format-preserving encryption (FPE) is also used to encrypt a secret message without changing its size before the embedding processes. By comparing the proposed technique to already existing ones, the results demonstrate that it fulfils the cover file's capacity, imperceptibility, and security requirements.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제40권11호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 인터넷 환경에서 실시간 음성 통신을 가능하게 하기 위해 부가 정보를 이용한 손실 패킷 복구 방법이 첨가된 전송 방법을 제시한다. 3GPP에서 기본적으로 이동 통신 환경에서의 사용을 위해 표준화되었고, 인터넷 환경에서의 사용을 위해 최근에 ITU-T에서 개선된 AMR-WB 음성 부호화기를 사용하였다. 인터넷과 같은 패킷 교환망 서비스에서의 패킷손실은 음질 저하를 유발하고 실시간 통신이 불가능하도록 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 단일 손실 발생시에 FEC(Foward Error Correction) 방법을 적용하였고 연속 손실의 경우에는 오류 은닉을 하였다. 또한 손실율에 따라 AMR-WR(Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband) 부호화기의 특성을 이용하여 여러 모드로 동작하는 방법을 제시한다. 인터넷 환경의 실험을 위해 길버트 모델을 이용하였다. 손실율을 변화시키며 AMR-WB 23.05 kbit/s 모드로 전송하는 방법과 SNR(Signal to Noise Rate)과 MOS(Mean Opinion Score) 측정을 통해 비교하였다. 실험한 결과 손실율이 30% 에서도 SNR은 9.8㏈ MOS 값은 3.0정도의 통신 가능한 높은 음질을 보였다.