Digital signal encoding and decoding method and apparatus without transmitting information on quantization width

摘要

Digital signal encoding and decoding method and apparatus are provided, by which the amount of codes for communicating the quantization width can be reduced to the utmost and the coding efficiency can be improved. In the method, at the time of encoding a digital signal, the quantization width is determined based on the amount of encoded data which have already been encoded, and information on the quantization width is not included into generated encoded data. At the time of decoding, the quantization width is determined according to the amount of encoded data which have already been received. Therefore, even if the quantization width is changed, information on the quantization width is not included in the generated encoded data and thus the amount of generated codes can be reduced.