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Convention Paper

The WorldStar- Sound Format

Authors: Buchta, Rainer; Meltzer, Stefan; Kunz, Oliver

AES Convention 101 · Paper 4385 · November 1996

Abstract

In the summer of 1998, AfriStar, the first of three geostationary satellites of the WorldSpace worldwide DAB system, will be launched. These three satellites will deliver digital audio signals having qualities equivalent to better than short wave, AM monaural, FM stereo, and CD stereo at data rates of 16, 32, 64, and 128 kb/s. These high-compression rates will be achieved by the most powerful coding scheme of the MPEG Audio family-the MPEG 1/2 Layer III. An overview of the WorldSpace system and the improved coding techniques for these very low bit rates are presented.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 101
AES Convention
101
Paper number
4385
Publication date
November 6, 1996
Session subject
Low Bit-Rate Audio Coding
Affiliation
Fraunhofer Institut fur Integrierte Schaltungen IIS, Erlangen, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper