Perceptual Audio Coding: A 40-Year Historical Perspective
Herre J, Quackenbush SR, Kim M, Skoglund J (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Publication year: 2025
Event location: Hyderabad
URI: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16223
Abstract
In the history of audio and acoustic signal processing, perceptual audio coding has certainly excelled as a bright success story by its ubiquitous deployment in virtually all digital media devices, such as computers, tablets, mobile phones, set-top-boxes, and digital radios. From a technology perspective, perceptual audio coding has undergone tremendous development from the first very basic perceptually driven coders (including the popular mp3 format) to today’s full-blown integrated coding/rendering systems. This paper provides a historical overview of this research journey by pinpointing the pivotal development steps in the evolution of perceptual audio coding. Finally, it provides thoughts about future directions in this area.
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Google Inc.
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Audio Research Labs LLC
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
United States (USA) (US)
Audio Research Labs LLC
United States (USA) (US)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States (USA) (US)
How to cite
APA:
Herre, J., Quackenbush, S.R., Kim, M., & Skoglund, J. (2025). Perceptual Audio Coding: A 40-Year Historical Perspective. In IEEE (Eds.), Proceedings of the IEEE ICASSP 2025. Hyderabad, IN.
MLA:
Herre, Jürgen, et al. "Perceptual Audio Coding: A 40-Year Historical Perspective." Proceedings of the IEEE ICASSP 2025, Hyderabad Ed. IEEE, 2025.
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