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document TW-TS-005 utilities
author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
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1 The original set of Themyscira Wireless utilities for FR and EFR codecs uses an
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2 ad hoc binary file format to represent streams of FR or EFR codec frames - see
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3 Binary-file-format article. However, a newer hexadecimal format has now been
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4 standardized as Themyscira Wireless Technical Specification TW-TS-005:
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6 https://www.freecalypso.org/specs/tw-ts-005-v010003.txt
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8 The standard has two annexes intended for practical use:
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10 * TW-TS-005 Annex A defines a representation format for FR and EFR codecs;
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11 * TW-TS-005 Annex B defines a representation format for HR codec.
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13 The present version of ThemWi GSM codec libraries & utilities suite includes
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14 some utilities that operate on TW-TS-005 Annex A hex files; support for Annex B
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15 will appear in a future version when our work on GSM-HR codec integration
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16 progresses further.
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18 TW-TS-005 Annex A vs gsmx binary format
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19 =======================================
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21 For working with FR and EFR codecs, our original binary file format has one
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22 major defect: it cannot represent bad traffic frames (in GSM 06.31 & 06.81
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23 definition, i.e., BFI=1) that have payload data bits included, as happens in
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24 well-designed GSM networks that use GSM 08.60 TRAU-UL frames or TW-TS-001
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25 enhanced RTP transport. This file format deficiency leads to the following
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26 downstream defects:
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28 * The combination of "bad traffic frame" and "accepted SID frame" (again,
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29 GSM 06.31 & 06.81 terminology) gets incorrectly treated as "unusable frame"
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30 rather than "invalid SID frame" as the specs decree.
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32 * In the case of EFR, the reference decoder C code that forms the basis for
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33 Themyscira libgsmefr makes use of "fixed codebook excitation pulses" portion
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34 of bad frames during speech (as opposed to comfort noise) state - but these
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35 bits were lost to file format shortcoming.
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37 The new hexadecimal format of TW-TS-005 Annex A solves this shortcoming: each
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38 frame is stored as a hex line that directly corresponds to a single RTP payload,
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39 hence the full capabilities of TW-TS-001 extended RTP format are made available
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40 in a file at rest.
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42 Because we have so many existing utilities that read and write gsmx binary
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43 files, and this binary format is so entrenched in Themyscira development
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44 environment, we are not doing a "forklift" migration of all of our tools to the
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45 new format. Instead we are taking a more tempered approach:
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47 * For the decoding operation (taking a frame stream from an Rx Radio Subsystem
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48 and producing linear PCM output) that is most affected by the shortcomings of
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49 gsmx format, we have new utilities that read TW-TS-005 Annex A input, while
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50 the old gsmx-reading utilities are still preserved and maintained;
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52 * For most other workflows (for example, encoding of new speech) conversion
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53 utilities between the two formats (described below) are deemed sufficient;
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55 * New developments such as TFO transform use TW-TS-005 Annex A format natively.
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57 Human-readable dump decoding of TW-TS-005 hex files
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58 ===================================================
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60 A line-based hexadecimal file format with one line per stored codec frame is
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61 inherently more human-readable than a binary file, but we also desire a more
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62 complete decoding such as that produced by gsmrec-dump, showing all codec
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63 parameters and frame metadata flags. tw5a-dump produces such decoding for
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64 TW-TS-005 Annex A hex files; there will also be a corresponding tw5b-dump
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65 utility for TW-TS-005 Annex B when we finish integrating GSM-HR codec support.
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67 Conversion utilities (FR and EFR codecs)
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68 ========================================
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70 gsmx-to-tw5a and tw5a-to-gsmx utilities do what their names suggest: convert
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71 FR/EFR speech recordings or test sequences between gsmx (binary) and TW-TS-005
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72 Annex A (hex) formats. Important semantic notes:
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74 * gsmx-to-tw5a emits basic RTP format (no TEH) for all good frames, while each
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75 BFI marker record is converted to a TEH-only No_Data frame.
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77 * tw5a-to-gsmx is the lossy conversion: distinction between basic and extended
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78 RTP formats is lost, ditto for TAF without BFI, all BFIs become BFI-no-data.
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80 A conversion from gsmx to tw5a back to gsmx is lossless, but not the other way
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81 around.