SSH EN 300 973 V6.0.1:1999

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Half rate speech; Voice Activity Detector (VAD) for half rate speech traffic channels (GSM 06.42 version 6.0.1 Release 1997)

Scope

This European Standard (EN) specifies the Voice Activity Detector (VAD) to be used in the Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) as described in GSM 06.41 [4]. It also specifies the test methods to be used to verify that a VAD implementation complies with the present document. The requirements are mandatory on any VAD to be used either in GSM Mobile Stations (MS)s or Base Station Systems (BSS)s that utilize the half-rate GSM speech traffic channel.