SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING ADAPTIVE GOLOMB CODING WITH FIXED RATE QUANTIZATION

摘要

Encoding an audio signal via the adapting of a Golomb parameter is provided. A plurality of signal components are generated, where each of the plurality of signal components has an associated value. Each of the associated values is encoded with each of the plurality of signal components. An adaptive parameter of the entropy coder, e.g., a Golomb parameter m, is estimated using at least one previous associated value. That is, inter or intra- frame prediction can be utilized to estimate the Golomb parameter needed to encode the side information, negating the need to use bits to transmit the Golomb parameter m. The number of the plurality of signal components to be distributed to a bitstream is determined.