EXTENDED HE-AAC

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SPEECH

AND AUDIO CODING
IIS
F R A U N H O F E R I N S T I T U T E F O R
I N T E G R AT E D C I R C U I T S I I S
The Ext ended Hi gh- Eff i ci ency AAC ( xHE- AAC) audi o
codec i s t he l at est member of t he MPEG AAC codec
f ami l y and i mpl ement s t he most recent advances i n
audi o R&D. I t combi nes speech and audi o codi ng
wi t hi n one uni f i ed syst em t o del i ver consi st ent l y hi gh
qual i t y at l ow bi t - r at es f or al l audi o si gnal s.
Increase quality of service for streaming and broadcasting
xHE-AAC improves reliability as it enables transmission of high
quality audio at bit-rates as low as 8 kbit/s per channel, even over
congested networks.
Deliver better quality and more programs
With xHE-AAC your audiences can enjoy improved quality and
intelligibility of ultra-low bit-rate services. Additionally, the codec
allows the delivery of more audio programs bandwidth-
constrained networks are not an obstacle.
Get your products and services to the market faster
xHE-AAC reduces development time and accelerates time to mar-
ket as it combines in one unifed system the capabilities of both
conventional audio and speech codecs.
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