CUC 2004 B1 Marija Šalovarda, Ivan Bolkovac, Hrvoje Domitrović - Comparison of Audio Codecs Using PE
Compression has become state-of-the-art technology in modern audio communications, both in wide-band and voice-band, thus allowing for a great number of components such as mobile phones, radio and TV satellite networks, Internet audio, digital audio broadcasting below 30 MHz (DRM – Digital Radio Mondiale) and over 30 MHz (DAB - Digital Audio Broadcasting), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), and many more. Lowering data rates to a minimum is contradictory to clarity and fidelity of sound. In time of "all digital technology", sound quality and the intelligibility of speech have become important again.