ISO/IEC 13818-7:2003(E)
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3.48 low frequency enhancement (LFE) channel: A limited bandwidth channel for low frequency audio
effects in a multichannel system.
3. 49 main audio channels: All channels represented by either single_channel_element()'s (see
subclause 8.2.1) or channel_pair_elements (see subclause 8.2.1)
3.50 mapping: Conversion of an audio signal from time to frequency domain by subband filtering and/or
by MDCT.
3.51 masking: A property of the human auditory system by which an audio signal cannot be perceived in
the presence of another audio signal.
3.52 masking threshold: A function in frequency and time below which an audio signal cannot be
perceived by the human auditory system.
3.53 modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT): A transform which has the property of time domain
aliasing cancellation. An analytical espression for the MDCT can be found in subclause C.3.1.2.
3.54 M/S stereo: A method of removing imaging artefacts as well as exploiting stereo irrelevance or
redundancy in stereophonic audio programmes based on coding the sum and difference signal instead of
the left and right channels.
3.55 multichannel: A combination of audio channels used to create a spatial sound field.
3.56 multilingual: A presentation of dialogue in more than one language.
3.57 non-tonal component: A noise-like component of an audio signal.
3.58NCC: Number of Considered Channels. The number of channels represented by the elements SCE,
independently switched CCE and CPE, i.e. once the number of SCEs plus once the number of
independently switched CCEs plus twice the number of CPEs. With respect to the naming conventions of
the MPEG-AAC decoders and bitstreams, NCC=A+I. This number is used to derive the required decoder
input buffer size (see subclause 8.2.2).
3.59 Nyquist sampling: Sampling at or above twice the maximum bandwidth of a signal.
3.60 padding: A method to adjust the average length of an audio frame in time to the duration of the
corresponding PCM samples, by conditionally adding a slot to the audio frame.
3.61 parameter: A variable within the syntax of this specification which may take one of a range of
values. A variable which can take one of only two values is a flag or indicator and not a parameter.
3.62 parser: Functional stage of a decoder which extracts from a coded bitstream a series of bits
representing coded elements.
3.63 polyphase filterbank: A set of equal bandwidth filters with special phase interrelationships,
allowing for an efficient implementation of the filterbank.
3.64 prediction error: The difference between the actual value of a sample or data element and its
predictor.
3.65 prediction: The use of a predictor to provide an estimate of the sample value or data element
currently being decoded.
3.66 predictor: A linear combination of previously decoded sample values or data elements.
3.67 presentation channel: An audio channel at the output of the decoder.
3.68 presentation unit: In the case of compressed audio a decoded audio access unit.
3. 69 program: A set of main audio channels, coupling_channel_element()'s (see subclause
8.2.1),
lfe_channel_element()'s (see subclause
8.2.1), and associated data streams intended to be decoded and
played back simultaneously. A program may be defined by default (see subclause 8.5.1) or specifically by
a program_config_element() (see subclause 8.2.1). A given single_channel_element() (see