A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream is disclosed. The method includes receiving the encoded audio bitstream and decoding the audio data to generate a decoded lowband audio signal. The method further includes extracting high frequency reconstruction metadata and filtering the decoded lowband audio signal with an analysis filterbank to generate a filtered lowband audio signal. The method also includes extracting a flag indicating whether either spectral translation or harmonic transposition is to be performed on the audio data and regenerating a highband portion of the audio signal using the filtered lowband audio signal and the high frequency reconstruction metadata in accordance with the flag.

A method for encoding an input signal comprising signal frames into quantized bits is disclosed, the method comprises generating, for each frame of the input signal, a signal matrix comprising matrix coefficients obtained from that frame, grouping the matrix coefficients of each signal matrix into a plurality of partition vectors, and for each partition vector, selecting one vector quantization scheme from among a plurality of vector quantization schemes and quantizing that partition vector according to the selected vector quantization scheme to obtain the quantized bits. In an adaptive mode, the method comprises grouping differently the matrix coefficients obtained from different frames, and/or selecting different vector quantization schemes for partition vectors obtained from different frames.

A frame error concealment method is provided that includes predicting a parameter by performing a regression analysis on a group basis for a plurality of groups formed from a first plurality of bands forming an error frame and concealing an error in the error frame by using the parameter predicted on a group basis.

An audio encoding method and device and an audio decoding method and device are provided. The audio encoding method includes: obtaining a current frame of an audio signal, where the current frame includes a high frequency band signal and a low frequency band signal; obtaining a compatible layer encoding parameter of the current frame based on the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal; obtaining an enhancement layer encoding parameter of the current frame based on the high frequency band signal; and performing bitstream multiplexing on the compatible layer encoding parameter and the enhancement layer encoding parameter to obtain an encoded bitstream.

An audio encoding method and device and an audio decoding method and device are provided. The audio encoding method includes: obtaining a current frame of an audio signal, where the current frame includes a high frequency band signal and a low frequency band signal; obtaining a compatible layer encoding parameter of the current frame based on the high frequency band signal and the low frequency band signal; obtaining an enhancement layer encoding parameter of the current frame based on the high frequency band signal; and performing bitstream multiplexing on the compatible layer encoding parameter and the enhancement layer encoding parameter to obtain an encoded bitstream.

A method of communication includes receiving configuration data at a first device, the configuration data indicating a first packet loss rate threshold associated with a first codec configuration. The method includes determining a packet loss rate at the first device, the packet loss rate associated with one or more first packets received at the first device from a second device. The method includes, based on determining that a decoder of the first device has the first codec configuration and that the packet loss rate satisfies the first packet loss rate threshold, sending, to the second device, a request to change a codec configuration of the second device. The method also includes receiving a second packet at the first device from the second device, the second packet encoded based on a second codec configuration.

According to the present disclosure, the method for receiving the audio data by the first device, comprises: transmitting, to a third device, a notification message requesting a change of a configuration related to audio data streaming of the first device, wherein the notification message includes configuration change information for changing the configuration related to the audio data streaming; performing, with the third device, a configuration change procedure for changing the configuration related to the audio data streaming, on the basis of the notification message; and receiving, from the third device, audio data related to the audio data streaming, on the basis of the changed configuration related to the audio data streaming, wherein the configuration change procedure is initiated on the basis of the notification message, and the configuration related to the audio data streaming is changed on the basis of the configuration change information.

A method for decoding an encoded audio bitstream is disclosed. The method includes receiving the encoded audio bitstream and decoding the audio data to generate a decoded lowband audio signal. The method further includes extracting high frequency reconstruction metadata and filtering the decoded lowband audio signal with an analysis filterbank to generate a filtered lowband audio signal. The method also includes extracting a flag indicating whether either spectral translation or harmonic transposition is to be performed on the audio data and regenerating a highband portion of the audio signal using the filtered lowband audio signal and the high frequency reconstruction metadata in accordance with the flag.

An audio encoding and decoding method and a related apparatus are provided. The audio encoding method may include: determining a coding mode of a current frame; when determining that the coding mode of the current frame is an anticorrelated signal coding mode, performing time-domain downmix processing on left and right channel signals in the current frame by using a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode, to obtain a primary channel signal and a secondary channel signal, where the time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode is a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to an anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme, and the anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme is a channel combination scheme corresponding to a near out of phase signal; and encoding the obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal in the current frame.

An audio encoding and decoding method and a related apparatus are provided. The audio encoding method may include: determining a coding mode of a current frame; when determining that the coding mode of the current frame is an anticorrelated signal coding mode, performing time-domain downmix processing on left and right channel signals in the current frame by using a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode, to obtain a primary channel signal and a secondary channel signal, where the time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to the anticorrelated signal coding mode is a time-domain downmix processing manner corresponding to an anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme, and the anticorrelated signal channel combination scheme is a channel combination scheme corresponding to a near out of phase signal; and encoding the obtained primary channel signal and secondary channel signal in the current frame.