Automatic Noise Compensation Feature

Parameter Description
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Contents

Contents
1 Introduction to This Document .............................................................................................1-1
1.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.2 Intended Audience ........................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.3 Change History.............................................................................................................................. 1-1

2 Overview .....................................................................................................................................2-1
3 Technical Description ..............................................................................................................3-1
4 Parameters .................................................................................................................................4-1
5 Counters......................................................................................................................................5-1
6 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................6-1
7 Reference Documents .............................................................................................................7-1

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1 Introduction to This Document

1 Introduction to This Document

1.1 Scope
This document describes the automatic noise compensation (ANC) feature of Huawei GBSS. It covers
the function of and mechanism regarding this feature.

1.2 Intended Audience

It is assumed that users of this document are familiar with GSM basics and have a working knowledge of
GSM telecommunication.
This document is intended for:
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Personnel working on Huawei GSM products or systems

System operators who need a general understanding of this feature

1.3 Change History

The change history provides information on the changes in different document versions.
There are two types of changes, which are defined as follows:
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Feature change
Feature change: refers to the change in the automatic noise compensation (ANC) feature of a specific
product version.

Editorial change
Editorial change: refers to changes in information that has already been included, or the addition of
information that was not provided in the pervious version.

Document Issues
The document issues are as follows:
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This is the first commercial release of GBSS9.0.

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2 Overview

2 Overview
In the communication system, when one party of a call is in a noisy environment, this party cannot hear
the voice clearly if the volume of the voice from the other party is low.
To solve this problem, the Automatic Noise Compensation (ANC) feature is introduced. ANC adaptively
raises the volume of the voice from the other end when the background noise is loud at the local end.
This improves the ratio of the voice from the other end to the background noise at the local end. In this
way, the user at the local end can clearly hear the voice from the other end over the mobile phone, and
the voice quality is subjectively improved.
ANC can adaptively adjust the volume of the voice from the other end when the background noise is
loud at the local end. This improves the voice quality, prolongs the average call duration, and increases
the operator's revenue.
If the background noise is loud at the peer end of a call, the noise is transmitted to the local end in the downlink speech
signals, and ANC may increase the amplitude of the noise in the downlink speech signals. This adversely affects the voice
quality at the local end. In this case, you are advised to enable the ANC feature with the Automatic Noise Restraint (ANR)
feature at the same time. The ANR feature can reduce the noise in the uplink speech signals.

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3 Technical Description

3 Technical Description
ANC processes only downlink speech signals. ANC adjusts the gain of downlink digital speech signals
according to the uplink input noise level every 20 ms to dynamically change the amplitude of digital
speech signals. This keeps the ratio of downlink output voice level to uplink input noise level in
compliance with a predefined value. Thus, the user at the local end can clearly hear the voice from the
other end over the mobile phone.
The ANC feature is enabled only when the ANC Switch parameter is set to Open.
ANC performs the following operations to improve the voice quality:
1.

Calculates the noise level in the uplink.

2.

Calculates the voice level in the downlink.

If the ratio of the voice level in the downlink to the noise level in the uplink is greater than or qual to
ANC Target SNR, ANC does not process the downlink speech signals.
If the ratio of the voice level in the downlink to the noise level in the uplink is lower than ANC Target
SNR, ANC adjusts the gain of downlink speech signals until the ratio is equal to ANC Target SNR.

Based on the actual requirements, the gain of the downlink speech signals range from 3 dB to 12 dB. The ANC Max
Gain parameter specifies the maximum gain of the downlink speech signals. If the ANC Max Gain parameter is set to a
small value, the target ratio of the voice level in the downlink to the noise level in the uplink may be difficult to achieve. If
the ANC Max Gain parameter is set to a large value, the user experience may be affected because of the abrupt
change in the downlink voice volume.

If the Tandem Free Operation (TFO) feature is enabled during a call, the ANC feature does not take effect for this call.

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4 Parameters

4 Parameters
This chapter describes the parameters related to ANC.
For the meaning of each parameter, see Table 4-1. For the default value, value range, and related MML
commands of each parameter, see Table 4-2.
Table 4-1 Parameter description (1)
Paramet
er

Description

ANC
Switch

Whether to enable the adaptive noise cancel (ANC) function

ANC
Target
SNR

The system adjusts the remote input so that the ratio of the remote
signal to the local noise is above the value of this parameter.

ANC Max
Gain

Maximum gain to the signals from the remote end. If the parameter is
set to a small value, the target SNR may be restrained when the signal
arrives at the local end.

Table 4-2 Parameter description (2)

Para
meter

ANC
Switc
h
ANC
Targe
t SNR
ANC
Max
Gain

Default
Value

CLOSE

12

GUI
Value
Range

Actual
Value
Range

CLOSE(C
lose),
OPEN(Op
en)

CLOSE,
OPEN

10~30

3~30

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3~30

Unit

MML
Comman
d

Impact

None

SET
TCPARA(
Optional)

Board

dB

SET
TCPARA(
Optional)

Board

dB

SET
TCPARA(
Optional)

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5 Counters

5 Counters
None.

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6 Glossary

6 Glossary
For the acronyms, abbreviations, terms, and definitions, see the Glossary.

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7 Reference Documents

7 Reference Documents
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BSC6900 Feature List

BSC6900 Optional Feature Description

GBSS Reconfiguration Guide

BSC6900 GSM Parameter Reference

BSC6900 GSM MML Command Reference

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