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AMR
Adaptive Multirate

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Why AMR?

• Improved speech quality at low C/I

• Apply tighter frequency reuse in a network with high AMR
capable MS penetration
• Possible to change speech codec during the call,
depending on interference conditions

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Concepts
• Active Codec Set (ACS) A set of one to four different codec modes
(all using the same channel rate)
• Codec Mode A codec rate used within a codec set. The actual
bit rate on Air-interface
• Speech Version Version of speech coding. Sub pools in TRA pool.

FR SPV 1 = “normal Full Rate”

FR SPV 2 = “enhanced Full Rate”
FR SPV 3 = “AMR Full Rate”
HR SPV 1 = “normal Half Rate”

• Channel Rate Full Rate (22,8 kbps gross bit rate on air interface)
and Half Rate (11,4 kbps gross bit rate)

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AMR transcoder:

• There are 8 different codec modes available:

– 12,2 kbps
– 10,2 kbps
– 7,95 kbps
– 7,40 kbps
– 6,70 kbps
– 5,90 kbps
– 5,15 kbps
– 4,75 kbps

• An Active Codec Set may contain up to 4 codec modes, all

using the same channel rate
• All codec rates can be used in FR channel

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Codec mode adaptation

• Channel rate selected by network at call setup

• Active Codec Set communicated to the MS and BTS
• The codec modes in an ACS is defined as:
CODEC_MODE_1 - Represents the codec mode with the lowest bit rate
CODEC_MODE_2 - Represents the second lowest mode (if ACS includes more than one mode)
CODEC_MODE_3 - Represents the third lowest mode (if ACS includes more than two modes)
CODEC_MODE_4 - Represents the highest mode (if ACS includes four modes)

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Thresholds for a codec set

Thresholds and hysteresis values
are used to determine which codec
mode to use for a certain channel
quality (C/I)

• THR_1/2/3 is given as integer

values between 0 and 63 (unit: 0,5
dB)
• HYST_1/2/3 is given as integer
values between 0 and 15 (unit: 0,5
dB)

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Multirate configurations Full Rate (FR)

Full Rate Codec Set 1 Decision thresholds and hysteresis
CODEC_MODE_1 4,75 kbps values for FR Codec Set 1
Threshold Value (dB) Hysteresis Value (dB)
CODEC_MODE_2 5,9 kbps
THR_1 6 HYST_1 1
CODEC_MODE_3 6,7 kbps
THR_2 10,5 HYST_2 1,5
CODEC_MODE_4 10,2 kbps THR_3 10,5 HYST_3 1,5

Full Rate Codec Set 2 Decision thresholds and hysteresis

CODEC_MODE_1 4,75 kbps
values for FR Codec Set 2
Threshold Value (dB) Hysteresis Value (dB)
CODEC_MODE_2 5,9 kbps
THR_1 6 HYST_1 1
CODEC_MODE_3 7,95 kbps
THR_2 8,5 HYST_2 1,5

CODEC_MODE_4 12,2 kbps THR_3 12,5 HYST_3 1,5

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Example of different codec modes (AMR-FR)

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28
26
24
Speech Quality [dBQ]

22
20
18
16
14
12 FR 1
FR 2
10
FR 3
8
FR env
6
4
2
0
-4 -3 -2 -1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

C/I [dB]

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Inband signalling (BTS <-> MS)

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AMR affected nodes

• AMR requires support in all NW MSC

nodes, i.e MSC, BSC, MS and
BTS
– All TRUs must support AMR (dTRU,
EDGE dTRU or EDGE sTRU) BSC
– Transcoder R6 needed

BTS

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Parameter summary

• AMRSUPPORT Indicates if the feature AMR is turned ON or OFF and

also which full rate codec set codec set (hardcoded in
BSC) that shall be used within the BSC

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Parameters
Parameter Default Rec. Value range
value value
AMRSUPPORT 0 - 0=off

1=Fullrate codec set 1

2=Full rate codec set 2

3=Not defined

4=Not defined

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