ETSI TS 126 201 V8.0.

0 (2009-01)
Technical Specification

Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+);

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS);
LTE;
Speech codec speech processing functions;
Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec;
Frame structure
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................2
Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................2
Foreword.............................................................................................................................................................4
1

Scope ........................................................................................................................................................5

References ................................................................................................................................................5

Definitions and Abbreviations..................................................................................................................5

3.1
3.2

4
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.2
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.3

Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 5

AMR-WB codec Interface format 1 (AMR-WB IF1) .............................................................................6

AMR-WB Header and AMR-WB Auxiliary Information .................................................................................. 6
Frame Type, Mode Indication, and Mode Request ....................................................................................... 6
Frame Quality Indicator ................................................................................................................................ 7
Mapping to TX_TYPE and RX_TYPE ........................................................................................................ 7
Codec CRC ................................................................................................................................................... 8
AMR-WB Core Frame ....................................................................................................................................... 8
AMR-WB Core Frame with speech bits: Bit ordering.................................................................................. 8
AMR-WB Core Frame with speech bits: Class division .............................................................................. 8
AMR-WB Core Frame with comfort noise bits ............................................................................................ 9
Generic AMR-WB Frame Composition ........................................................................................................... 10

Annex A (normative): AMR-WB Interface Format 2 (with octet alignment) ..........................................12

Annex B (normative): Tables for AMR-WB Core Frame bit ordering .....................................................14
Annex C (informative): Change history .......................................................................................................23
History ..............................................................................................................................................................24

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Foreword
This Technical Specification (TS) has been produced by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
The contents of the present document are subject to continuing work within the TSG and may change following formal
TSG approval. Should the TSG modify the contents of the present document, it will be re-released by the TSG with an
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Scope

The present document describes a generic frame format for the Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB) speech
codec. This format shall be used as a common reference point when interfacing speech frames between different
elements of the 3G system and between different systems. Appropriate mappings to and from this generic frame format
will be used within and between each system element.
Annex A describes a second frame format which shall be used when octet alignment of AMR-WB frames is required.

References

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of the present
document.
References are either specific (identified by date of publication, edition number, version number, etc.) or
non-specific.
For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
For a non-specific reference, the latest version applies.
[1]

3GPP TS 26.190: "AMR Wideband Speech Codec; Speech Transcoding Functions".

[2]

3GPP TS 26.193: "AMR Wideband Speech Codec; Source Controlled Rate Operation".

[3]

3GPP TS 26.192: "AMR Wideband Speech Codec; Comfort Noise Aspects".

Definitions and Abbreviations

3.1

Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
AMR-WB mode: one of the nine AMR-WB codec bit-rates denoted also with indices 0 to 8 where 0 maps to the 6.60
kbit/s mode and 8 maps to the 23.85 kbit/s mode.
AMR-WB codec mode: same as AMR-WB mode.
RX_TYPE: classification of the received frame as defined in [2].
TX_TYPE: classification of the transmitted frame as defined in [2].

3.2

Abbreviations

For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
CRC
FQI
GSM
LSB
MSB
SCR
SID
TX

Cyclic Redundancy Check

Frame Quality Indicator
Global System for Mobile communication
Least Significant Bit
Most Significant BitRX Receive
Source Controlled Rate operation
Silence Descriptor (Comfort Noise Frame)
Transmit

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AMR-WB codec Interface format 1

(AMR-WB IF1)

This clause describes the generic frame format for both the speech and comfort noise frames of the AMR-WB speech
codec. This format is referred to as AMR-WB Interface Format 1 (AMR-WB IF1). Annex A describes AMR-WB
Interface Format 2 (AMR-WB IF2).
Each AMR-WB codec mode follows the generic frame structure depicted in figure 1. The frame is divided into three
parts: AMR-WB Header, AMR-WB Auxiliary Information, and AMR-WB Core Frame. The AMR-WB Header part
includes the Frame Type and the Frame Quality Indicator fields. The AMR-WB auxiliary information part includes the
Mode Indication, Mode Request, and Codec CRC fields. The AMR-WB Core Frame part consists of the speech
parameter bits or, in case of a comfort noise frame, the comfort noise parameter bits. In case of a comfort noise frame,
the comfort noise parameters replace Class A bits of AMR-WB Core Frame while Class B and C bits are omitted.
It is to be noted that unlike AMR, AMR-WB uses only two bit protection classes A and B. In no case bits are assigned
to protection class C and, correspondingly, no RAB subflow needs to be allocated for such a class. The mentioning of
class C is only done for the purpose of keeping uniformity of this specification with the corresponding specification for
AMR.

Frame Type (4 bits)

Frame Quality Indicator (1 bit)

AMR-WB Header
AMR-WB Auxiliary Information

Mode Indication (4 bits)

Mode Request (4 bits)
Codec CRC (8 bits)

(for Tandem Free Operation,

Mode Adaptation, and Error
Detection)

Class A bits
Class B bits
Class C bits

AMR-WB Core Frame (speech or

comfort noise data)
Figure 1. Generic AMR-WB frame structure

4.1

AMR-WB Header and AMR-WB Auxiliary Information

This subclause describes the AMR-WB Header of figure 1.

4.1.1

Frame Type, Mode Indication, and Mode Request

Table 1a defines the 4-bit Frame Type field. Frame Type can indicate the use of one of the nine AMR-WB codec
modes, comfort noise frame, lost speech frame, or an empty frame. In addition, four Frame Type Indices are reserved
for future use. The same table is reused for the Mode Indication and Mode Request fields which are 4-bit fields each
and are defined only in the range 08 to specify one of the nine AMR-WB codec modes.

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Table 1a: Interpretation of Frame Type,

Mode Indication and Mode Request fields.

Frame Type Index

Mode Indication

Mode Request

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10-13
14
15

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
-

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
-

4.1.2

Frame content (AMR-WB mode, comfort

noise, or other)
AMR-WB 6.60 kbit/s
AMR-WB 8.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 12.65 kbit/s
AMR-WB 14.25 kbit/s
AMR-WB 15.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 18.25 kbit/s
AMR-WB 19.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 23.05 kbit/s
AMR-WB 23.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB SID (Comfort Noise Frame)
For future use
speech lost
No Data (No transmission/No reception)

Frame Quality Indicator

The content of the Frame Quality Indicator field is defined in Table 1b. The field length is one bit. The Frame Quality
Indicator indicates whether the data in the frame contains errors.
Table 1b: Definition of Frame Quality Indicator

Frame Quality
Indicator (FQI)
0

Bad frame or Corrupted frame

(bits may be used to assist error concealment)
Good frame

4.1.3

Quality of data

Mapping to TX_TYPE and RX_TYPE

Table 1c shows how the AMR-WB Header data (FQI and Frame Type) maps to the TX_TYPE and RX_TYPE frames
defined in [2].
Table 1c: Mapping of Frame Quality Indicator and Frame Type to
TX_TYPE and RX_TYPE [2], respectively

Frame
Quality
Indicator

Frame Type
Index

TX_TYPE or
RX_TYPE

Comment

0-8

SPEECH_GOOD

0-8

SPEECH_BAD

14

SPEECH_LOST

9
9
9
15

SID_FIRST or
SID_UPDATE
SID_BAD
NO_DATA

The specific Frame Type Index depends on the bit-rate

being used.
The specific Frame Type Index depends on the bit-rate
being used. The corrupted data may be used to assist
error concealment.
No useful information. An erased or stolen frame with
no data usable to assist error concealment.
SID_FIRST and SID_UPDATE
are differentiated using one Class A bit: STI.

0
1

Typically a non-transmitted frame.

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Codec CRC

Generic AMR-WB codec frames with Frame Type 09 are associated with an 8-bit CRC for error-detection purposes.
The Codec CRC field of AMR-WB Auxiliary Information in figure 1 contains the value of this CRC. These eight parity
bits are generated by the cyclic generator polynomial:
-

G(x)=D8 + D6 + D5 + D4 + 1

which is computed over all Class A bits of AMR-WB Core Frame. Class A bits for Frame Types 08 are defined in
subclause 4.2.2 (for speech bits) and for Frame Type 9 in subclause 4.2.3 (for comfort noise bits).
When Frame Type Index of table 1a is 14 or 15, the CRC field is not included in the Generic AMR-WB frame.

4.2

AMR-WB Core Frame

This subclause contains the description of AMR-WB Core Frame of figure 1. The descriptions for AMR-WB Core
Frame with speech bits and with comfort noise bit are given separately.

4.2.1

AMR-WB Core Frame with speech bits: Bit ordering

This subclause describes how AMR-WB Core Frame carries the coded speech data. The bits produced by the speech
encoder are denoted as {s(1),s(2),...,s(K)}, where K refers to the number of bits produced by the speech encoder as
shown in table 2. The notation s(i) follows that of [1]. The speech encoder output bits are ordered according to their
subjective importance. This bit ordering can be utilized for error protection purposes when the speech data is, for
example, carried over a radio interface. Tables B.1 to B.9 in Annex B define the AMR-WB IF1 bit ordering for all the
nine AMR-WB codec modes. In these tables the speech bits are numbered in the order they are produced by the
corresponding speech encoder as described in the relevant tables of 3GPP TS 26.190 [1]. The reordered bits are denoted
below, in the order of decreasing importance, as {d(0),d(1),...,d(K-1)}.
The ordering algorithm is described in pseudo code as:
-

for j = 0 to K-1

d(j) := s(tablem(j)+1);

where tablem(j) refers to the relevant table in Annex B depending on the AMR-WB mode m=0..8. The Annex B tables
should be read line by line from left to right. The first element of the table has the index 0.

4.2.2

AMR-WB Core Frame with speech bits: Class division

The reordered bits are further divided into three indicative classes according to their subjective importance. The three
different importance classes can then be subject to different error protection in the network.
The importance classes are Class A, Class B, and Class C. Class A contains the bits most sensitive to errors and any
error in these bits typically results in a corrupted speech frame which should not be decoded without applying
appropriate error concealment. This class is protected by the Codec CRC in AMR-WB Auxiliary Information.
Classes B and C contain bits where increasing error rates gradually reduce the speech quality, but decoding of an
erroneous speech frame is usually possible without annoying artifacts. Class B bits are more sensitive to errors than
Class C bits. The importance ordering applies also within the three different classes and there are no significant stepwise changes in subjective importance between neighbouring bits at the class borders.
The number of speech bits in each class (Class A, Class B, and Class C) for each AMR-WB mode is shown in table 2.
The classification in table 2 and the importance ordering d(j), together, are sufficient to assign all speech bits to their
correct classes. For example, when the AMR-WB codec mode is 6.60, then the Class A bits are d(0)..d(53), Class B bits
are d(54)..d(131), and there are no Class C bits.

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Table 2: Number of bits in Classes A, B, and C for each AMR-WB codec mode

Frame Type

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

4.2.3

AMR-WB
codec
mode
6.60
8.85
12.65
14.25
15.85
18.25
19.85
23.05
23.85

Total
number of
bits
132
177
253
285
317
365
397
461
477

Class A

Class B

Class C

54
64
72
72
72
72
72
72
72

78
113
181
213
245
293
325
389
405

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

AMR-WB Core Frame with comfort noise bits

The AMR-WB Core Frame content for the additional frame types with Frame Type Indices 9-15 in table 1a are
described in this subclause. These mainly consist of the frames related to Source Controlled Rate Operation specified in
[2].
The data content (comfort noise bits) of the additional frame types is carried in AMR-WB Core Frame. The comfort
noise bits are all mapped to Class A of AMR-WB Core Frame and Classes B and C are not used. This is a notation
convention only and the class division has no meaning for comfort noise bits.
The number of bits in each class (Class A, Class B, and Class C) for the AMR-WB comfort noise bits (Frame Type
Index 9) is shown in table 3. The contents of SID_UPDATE and SID_FIRST are divided into three parts (SID Type
Indicator (STI), Mode Indication (mi(i)), and Comfort Noise Parameters (s(i)) as defined in [2].
The comfort noise parameter bits produced by the AMR-WB speech encoder are denoted as s(i) = {s(1),s(2),...,s(35)}.
The notation s(i) follows that of [3]. These bits are numbered in the order they are produced by the AMR-WB encoder
without any reordering. These bits are followed by the SID Type Indicator STI and the Mode Indication bits
mi(i) = {mi(0),mi(1),mi(2), mi(3)} = {LSB ::: MSB}. Thus, the AMR-WB SID or comfort noise bits
{d(0),d(1),,d(39)}are formed as defined by the pseudo code below.
-

for j = 0 to 34;

d(j) := s(j+1);

d(35) := STI;

for j = 36 to 39;

d(j) := smi(39-j).
Table 3. Bit classification for Frame Type 9: AMR-WB SID (Comfort Noise Frame)

Frame
Type
Index

9
9
9

FQI

1
1
0

AMR-WB
TX_TYPE or
RX_TYPE

SID_UPDATE
SID_FIRST
SID_BAD

Total
number
of bits

40
40
40

Class A

SID Type
Indicator
STI

Mode
Indication
mi(i)

1 (= "1")
1 (= "0")
1

4
4
4

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Comfort
Noise
Parameter
s(i)
35
35 (= "0")
35

Class B

Class C

0
0
0

0
0
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AMR-WB no transmission frame type (14 or 15) contains the AMR-WB Header information (as defined in Figure 1),
while AMR-WB Auxiliary Information and AMR-WB Core frame are omitted. The AMR-WB Header includes the
corresponding Frame Type and the Frame Quality Indicator (as defined in table 1c).

4.3

Generic AMR-WB Frame Composition

The generic AMR-WB frame is formed as a concatenation of AMR-WB Header, AMR-WB Auxiliary Information and
the AMR-WB Core Frame, in this order. The MSB of the Frame Type is placed in bit 8 of the first octet (see example in
table 5 below), the LSB of the Frame Type is placed in bit 5. Then the next parameter follows, which is the Frame
Quality Indicator, and so on.After FQI, three spare bits are inserted to align the Codec CRC and the AMR-WB Core
frame to the octet boundary. The first bit of the AMR-WB Core frame d(0) is placed in bit 8 of octet 4. The last bit of
the generic AMR-WB frame is the last bit of AMR-WB Core Frame, which is the last bit of speech bits or the last bit of
comfort noise bits, as defined in subclauses 4.2.1 and 4.2.3. Table 5 shows the composition for the example of the
Codec Mode 12.65 kbit/s and table 6 shows the composition for the AMR-WB SID frame.
Table 5: Mapping of an AMR-WB speech coding mode into the generic AMR-WB frame, AMR-WB IF1,
example: AMR-WB 12.65 kbit/s (Mode Indication = 3), "good frame", Mode Request = 1.

Octet
1
2

MSB
bit 8

bit 7

bit 6

Frame Type (=3)

0
0
1
Mode Indication (=3)
MSB

LSB
0
0
1

3
CRC(7)
4
d(0)
5..34
d(8)
35
d(248)

Mapping of bits
AMR-WB 12.65
bit 5
bit 4

FQI
1

bit 3

spare
0
0
Mode Request (=1)
MSB

LSB
0
0

1
0
Codec CRC
CRC(6)
CRC(5)
CRC(4)
CRC(3)
CRC(2)
AMR-WB Core Frame (octet 1)
d(1)
d(2)
d(3)
d(4)
d(5)
AMR-WB Core Frame (octets 2 to 31)

AMR-WB Core Frame (octet 32)

d(249)
d(250)
d(251)
d(252)

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bit 2

LSB
bit 1

CRC(1)

CRC(0)

d(6)

d(7)

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Table 6: Mapping of an AMR-WB SID frame into the generic AMR-WB frame, AMR-WB IF1,
example: AMR-WB SID_Update, "good frame", Mode Indication = 3, Mode Request = 2.

MSB
bit 8

Octet
1

bit 7

bit 6

Frame Type (=9)

0
0

Mapping of bits
AMR-WB SID
bit 5
bit 4
FQI
1

Mode Indication
undefined

3
4
5..7
8

bit 3

LSB
bit 1

bit 2

spare
0
0
Mode Request (=2)
MSB

LSB
0
1

0
0
Codec CRC
CRC(7)
CRC(6)
CRC(5)
CRC(4)
CRC(3)
CRC(2)
CRC(1)
CRC(0)
AMR-WB Core Frame (octet 1)
d(0)=s(1)
d(1)=s(2)
d(2)
d(3)
d(4)
d(5)
d(6)
d(7)
AMR-WB Core Frame (octets 2 to 4)
d(8)

AMR-WB Core Frame (octet 5)

STI
Mode Indication (=3)
MSB

LSB
d(32)
d(33)
d(34) =
1
0
0
1
1
s(35)

Table 7 summarizes all possible AMR-WB frame format combinations in terms of number of bits in each field.
Table 7. Number of bits for different fields in different AMR-WB frame compositions

Frame
Type
Index

Frame
Type

Frame
Quality
Indicator

Mode
Indication

Mode
Request

Codec
CRC

Class A

Class B

Class C

AMR-WB Core Frame

54
78

64

10-13

Not used

14
15

Total

153

113

198

72

181

274

72

213

306

72

245

338

72

293

386

72

325

418

72

389

482

72

405

498

40

61

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Annex A (normative):
AMR-WB Interface Format 2 (with octet alignment)
This annex defines an octet-aligned frame format for the AMR-WB codec. This format is useful, for example, when the
AMR-WB codec is used in connection with applicable ITU-T H-series of recommendations. The format is referred to as
AMR-WB Interface Format 2 (AMR-WB IF2).
The AMR-WB IF2 frame is formed by concatenation of the 4-bit Frame Type field (as defined for AMR-WB IF1 in
subclause 4.1.1),the 1-bit Frame Quality Indicator field (as defined for AMR-WB IF1 in subclause 4.1.2) and the AMRWB Core Frame (as defined for AMR-WB IF1 in subclause 4.2) as shown in figure A.1. The length of the AMR-WB
Core Frame field depends on the particular Frame Type. The total number of bits in the AMR-WB IF2 speech frames in
the different modes is typically not a multiple of eight and bit stuffing is needed to achieve an octet structure.

Frame Type (4 bits)

Frame Quality Indicator (1 bit)

Class A bits
AMR-WB Core Frame (speech or
comfort noise data)

Class B bits
Class C bits

Bit Stuffing
Figure A.1: Frame structure for AMR-WB IF2
Table A.1a shows an example how the AMR-WB 8.85 kbit/s mode is mapped into AMR-WB IF2. The four MSBs of
the first octet (octet 1) consist of the Frame Type (=1) for the AMR-WB 8.85 kbit/s mode (see table 1a in AMR-WB
IF1 specification) and the Frame Quality Indicator bit. This field is followed by the 177 AMR-WB Core Frame speech
bits (d(0)d(176)) which consist of 64 Class A bits and 113 Class B bits as described in table 2 for AMR-WB IF1.
This results in a total of 182 bits and 2 bits are needed for Bit Stuffing to arrive to the closest multiple of 8 which is 184
bits.
Table A.1a: Example mapping of the AMR-WB speech coding mode 8.85kbit/s into AMR-WB IF2.
The bits used for Bit Stuffing are denoted as UB (for "unused bit").
Octet

MSB
bit 8

bit 7

Mapping of bits
AMR-WB 8.85 kbit/s
bit 5
bit 4

bit 6

LSB
bit 3

bit 2

bit 1

Frame Type (= 1)

MSB
1
2
3:::22
23

d(3)
d(11)
d(171)
d(171)

LSB
0
d(4)

d(172)
d(172)

0
d(5)

d(173)
d(173)

1
d(6)

d(174)
d(174)

FQI
d(7)

d(175)
d(175)

d(0)
d(8)

d(176)
d(176)

d(1)
d(2)
d(9)
d(10)

Stuffing bits
UB
UB

Table A.1b shows the composition of AMR-WB IF2 frames for all Frame Types in terms of how many bits are used for
each field of figure A.1.
Table A.2 specify how the AMR-WB Core Frame comfort noise bits of Frame Type 9 is mapped to AMR-WB IF2.
Table A.3 specifies the mapping for an empty or lost frame ("no transmission" or " speech lost").

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Table A.1b: Composition of AMR-WB IF2 Frames for all Frame Types
Frame
Type
Index
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Frame content

AMR-WB 6.60 kbit/s

AMR-WB 8.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 12.65 kbit/s
AMR-WB 14.25 kbit/s
AMR-WB 15.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 18.25 kbit/s
AMR-WB 19.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB 23.05 kbit/s
AMR-WB 23.85 kbit/s
AMR-WB SID (Comfort
Noise Frame)
For future use
speech lost
No Data (No
transmission/No reception)

10-13
14
15

Number of
bits in
Frame Type
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4

Number of bits in
Frame Quality
Indicator
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Number of Bits
in AMR-WB Core
Frame
132
177
253
285
317
365
397
461
477
40

Number of
Bits in Bit
Stuffing
7
2
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
3

Number
of octets
(N)
18
23
33
37
41
47
51
59
61
6

4
4

1
1

0
0

3
3

1
1

Table A.2: Mapping of bits for Frame Type 9 (AMR-WB SID)

(Bits s1 to s35 refer to TS 26.192)
MSB
Octet

bit 8

bit 7

bit 6

Mapping of bits
AMR-WB SID
bit 5
bit 4

LSB
bit 3

bit 2

bit 1

s1
s9
s17
s25
s33

s2
s10
s18
s26
s34

s3
s11
s19
s27
s35

Frame Type (= 9)

MSB
1
2
3
4
5

1
s4
s12
s20
s28

...........
0
s5
s13
s21
s29

SID Type
Indicator
MSB
6

t1

mi(3)

LSB
0
s6
S14
S22
S30

1
s7
s15
s23
s31

Mode Indication
mi(i)
mi(2)

mi(1)

FQI
s8
s16
s24
s32

Stuffing bits

LSB
mi(0)

UB

UB

UB

Definitions of additional descriptor bits needed for the silence descriptor in the table are as follows: SID-type Indicator
STI is {0=SID_FIRST, 1=SID_UPDATE }, Speech Mode Indication (mi(0)- mi(3)) is the AMR-WB codec mode
according to the first nine entries in table 1a. Note that in parameter mi the index 3 refers to MSB.
Table A.3: Mapping of bit for Frame Type 14 (Speech Lost) and for Frame Type 15 (No Data)
Trans
mitted
Octets

MSB

Mapping of bits

LSB

Stuffing bits

Frame Type 14 = 1 1 1 0
Frame Type 15 = 1 1 1 1
1

mi(3)

mi(2)

mi(1)

mi(0)

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Annex B (normative):
Tables for AMR-WB Core Frame bit ordering
This annex contains the tables required for ordering the AMR-WB Core Frame speech bits corresponding to the
different AMR-WB modes. These tables represent tablem(j) in subclause 4.2.1 where m=0..8 is the AMR-WB mode.
The tables are read from left to right so that the first element (top left corner) of the table has index 0 and the last
element (the rightmost element of the last row) has the index K-1 where K is the total number of speech bits in the
specific mode. For example, table0(20)=60, as defined in table B.1.
Table B.1: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 6.60 kbit/s mode: table0(j)

61

84

107

130

62

85

37

38

39

40

58

81

104

127

60

83

106

129

108

131

128

41

42

80

126

57

103

82

105

59

63

109

110

86

19

22

23

64

87

18

20

21

17

13

88

43

89

65

111

14

24

25

26

27

28

15

16

44

90

66

112

11

10

12

67

113

29

30

31

32

34

33

35

36

45

51

68

74

91

97

114

120

46

69

92

115

52

75

98

121

47

70

93

116

53

76

99

122

48

71

94

117

54

77

100

123

49

72

95

118

55

78

101

124

50

73

96

119

56

79

102

125

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Table B.2: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 8.85 kbit/s mode: table1(j)

47

48

49

112

113

114

75

106

140

171

80

111

145

176

77

108

142

173

78

109

143

174

79

110

144

175

76

107

141

172

50

115

51

81

116

146

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

52

117

31

82

147

33

11

83

148

53

118

28

27

84

149

34

35

29

46

32

30

54

119

37

36

39

38

40

85

150

41

42

43

44

45

55

60

65

70

86

91

96

101

120

125

130

135

151

156

161

166

56

87

121

152

61

92

126

157

66

97

131

162

71

102

136

167

57

88

122

153

62

93

127

158

67

98

132

163

72

103

137

168

58

89

123

154

63

94

128

159

68

99

133

164

73

104

138

169

59

90

124

155

64

95

129

160

69

100

134

165

74

105

139

170

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Table B.3: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 12.65 kbit/s mode: table2(j)

93

143

196

246

47

48

49

50

51

150

151

152

153

154

94

144

197

247

99

149

202

252

96

146

199

249

97

147

200

250

100

203

98

148

201

251

95

145

198

248

52

101

204

155

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

156

31

102

205

33

11

103

206

54

157

28

27

104

207

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

158

37

36

39

38

40

105

208

41

42

43

44

45

56

106

159

209

57

66

75

84

107

116

125

134

160

169

178

187

210

219

228

237

58

108

161

211

62

112

165

215

67

117

170

220

71

121

174

224

76

126

179

229

80

130

183

233

85

135

188

238

89

139

192

242

59

109

162

212

63

113

166

216

68

118

171

221

72

122

175

225

77

127

180

230

81

131

184

234

86

136

189

239

90

140

193

243

60

110

163

213

64

114

167

217

69

119

172

222

73

123

176

226

78

128

181

231

82

132

185

235

87

137

190

240

91

141

194

244

61

111

164

214

65

115

168

218

70

120

173

223

74

124

177

227

79

129

182

232

83

133

186

236

88

138

191

241

92

142

195

245

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Table B.4: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 14.25 kbit/s mode: table3(j)

101

159

220

278

47

48

49

50

51

166

167

168

169

170

102

160

221

279

107

165

226

284

104

162

223

281

105

163

224

282

108

227

106

164

225

283

103

161

222

280

52

109

228

171

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

172

31

110

229

33

11

111

230

54

173

28

27

112

231

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

174

37

36

39

38

40

113

232

41

42

43

44

45

56

114

175

233

62

120

181

239

75

133

194

252

57

115

176

234

63

121

182

240

70

128

189

247

76

134

195

253

83

141

202

260

92

150

211

269

84

142

203

261

93

151

212

270

85

143

204

262

94

152

213

271

86

144

205

263

95

153

214

272

64

122

183

241

77

135

196

254

65

123

184

242

78

136

197

255

87

145

206

264

96

154

215

273

58

116

177

235

66

124

185

243

71

129

190

248

79

137

198

256

88

146

207

265

97

155

216

274

59

117

178

236

67

125

186

244

72

130

191

249

80

138

199

257

89

147

208

266

98

156

217

275

60

118

179

237

68

126

187

245

73

131

192

250

81

139

200

258

90

148

209

267

99

157

218

276

61

119

180

238

69

127

188

246

74

132

193

251

82

140

201

259

91

149

210

268

100

158

219

277

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Table B.5: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 15.85 kbit/s mode: table4(j)

109

175

244

310

47

48

49

50

51

182

183

184

185

186

110

176

245

311

115

181

250

316

112

178

247

313

113

179

248

314

116

251

114

180

249

315

111

177

246

312

52

117

252

187

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

188

31

118

253

33

11

119

254

54

189

28

27

120

255

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

190

37

36

39

38

40

121

256

41

42

43

44

45

56

122

191

257

63

129

198

264

76

142

211

277

89

155

224

290

102

168

237

303

57

123

192

258

70

136

205

271

83

149

218

284

96

162

231

297

62

128

197

263

75

141

210

276

88

154

223

289

101

167

236

302

58

124

193

259

71

137

206

272

84

150

219

285

97

163

232

298

59

125

194

260

64

130

199

265

67

133

202

268

72

138

207

273

77

143

212

278

80

146

215

281

85

151

220

286

90

156

225

291

93

159

228

294

98

164

233

299

103

169

238

304

106

172

241

307

60

126

195

261

65

131

200

266

68

134

203

269

73

139

208

274

78

144

213

279

81

147

216

282

86

152

221

287

91

157

226

292

94

160

229

295

99

165

234

300

104

170

239

305

107

173

242

308

61

127

196

262

66

132

201

267

69

135

204

270

74

140

209

275

79

145

214

280

82

148

217

283

87

153

222

288

92

158

227

293

95

161

230

296

100

166

235

301

105

171

240

306

108

174

243

309

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Table B.6: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 18.25 kbit/s mode: table5(j)

121

199

280

358

47

48

49

50

51

206

207

208

209

210

122

200

281

359

127

205

286

364

124

202

283

361

125

203

284

362

128

287

126

204

285

363

123

201

282

360

52

129

288

211

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

212

31

130

289

33

11

131

290

54

213

28

27

132

291

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

214

37

36

39

38

40

133

292

41

42

43

44

45

56

134

215

293

198

299

136

120

138

60

279

58

62

357

139

140

295

156

57

219

297

63

217

137

170

300

222

64

106

61

78

294

92

142

141

135

221

296

301

343

59

298

184

329

315

220

216

265

251

218

237

352

223

157

86

171

87

164

351

111

302

65

178

115

323

72

192

101

179

93

73

193

151

337

309

143

274

69

324

165

150

97

338

110

310

330

273

68

107

175

245

114

79

113

189

246

259

174

71

185

96

344

100

322

83

334

316

333

252

161

348

147

82

269

232

260

308

353

347

163

231

306

320

188

270

146

177

266

350

256

85

149

116

191

160

238

258

336

305

255

88

224

99

339

230

228

227

272

242

241

319

233

311

102

74

180

275

66

194

152

325

172

247

244

261

117

158

166

354

75

144

108

312

94

186

303

80

234

89

195

112

340

181

345

317

326

276

239

167

118

313

70

355

327

253

190

176

271

104

98

153

103

90

76

267

277

248

225

262

182

84

154

235

335

168

331

196

341

249

162

307

148

349

263

321

257

243

229

356

159

119

67

187

173

145

240

77

304

332

314

342

109

254

81

278

105

91

346

318

183

250

197

328

95

155

169

268

226

236

264

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Table B.7: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 19.85 kbit/s mode: table6(j)

129

215

304

390

47

48

49

50

51

222

223

224

225

226

130

216

305

391

135

221

310

396

132

218

307

393

133

219

308

394

136

311

134

220

309

395

131

217

306

392

52

137

312

227

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

228

31

138

313

33

11

139

314

54

229

28

27

140

315

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

230

37

36

39

38

40

141

316

41

42

43

44

45

56

142

231

317

63

73

92

340

82

324

149

353

159

334

165

338

178

163

254

77

168

257

153

343

57

248

238

79

252

166

67

80

201

101

267

143

164

341

255

339

187

376

318

78

328

362

115

232

242

253

290

276

62

58

158

68

93

179

319

148

169

154

72

385

329

333

344

102

83

144

233

323

124

243

192

354

237

64

247

202

209

150

116

335

268

239

299

188

196

298

94

195

258

123

363

384

109

325

371

170

370

84

110

295

180

74

210

191

106

291

205

367

381

377

206

355

122

119

120

383

160

105

108

277

380

294

284

285

345

208

269

249

366

386

300

297

259

125

369

197

97

194

286

211

281

280

183

372

87

155

283

59

348

327

184

76

111

330

203

349

69

98

152

145

189

66

320

337

173

358

251

198

174

263

262

126

241

193

88

388

117

95

387

112

359

287

244

103

272

301

171

162

234

273

127

373

181

292

85

378

302

121

107

364

346

356

212

278

213

65

382

288

207

113

175

99

296

374

368

199

260

185

336

331

161

270

264

250

240

75

350

151

60

89

321

156

274

360

326

70

282

167

146

352

81

91

389

266

245

177

235

190

256

204

342

128

118

303

104

379

182

114

375

200

96

293

172

214

365

279

86

289

351

347

357

261

186

176

271

90

100

147

322

275

361

71

332

61

265

157

246

236

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Table B.8: Ordering of the speech encoder bits for the 23.05 kbit/s mode: table7(j)

145

247

352

454

47

48

49

50

51

254

255

256

257

258

146

248

353

455

151

253

358

460

148

250

355

457

149

251

356

458

152

359

150

252

357

459

147

249

354

456

52

153

360

259

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

260

31

154

361

33

11

155

362

54

261

28

27

156

363

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

262

37

36

39

38

40

157

364

41

42

43

44

45

56

158

263

365

181

192

170

79

57

399

90

159

297

377

366

275

68

183

388

286

194

299

92

70

182

401

172

59

91

58

400

368

161

81

160

264

171

80

389

390

378

379

193

298

69

266

265

367

277

288

276

287

184

60

195

82

93

71

369

402

173

162

444

300

391

98

76

278

61

267

374

135

411

167

102

380

200

87

178

65

94

204

124

72

342

189

305

381

396

433

301

226

407

289

237

113

215

185

128

309

403

116

320

196

331

370

422

174

64

392

83

425

219

134

188

432

112

427

139

279

163

436

208

447

218

236

229

97

294

385

230

166

268

177

443

225

426

101

272

138

127

290

117

347

199

414

95

140

240

410

395

209

129

283

346

105

241

437

86

308

448

203

345

186

107

220

415

334

319

106

313

118

123

73

207

421

214

384

373

438

62

371

341

75

449

168

323

164

242

416

324

304

197

335

404

271

63

191

325

96

169

231

280

312

187

406

84

201

100

67

382

175

336

202

330

269

393

376

383

293

307

409

179

285

314

302

372

398

190

180

89

99

103

232

78

88

77

136

387

165

198

394

125

176

428

74

375

238

227

66

273

282

141

306

412

114

85

130

348

119

291

296

386

233

397

303

405

284

445

423

221

210

205

450

108

274

434

216

343

337

142

243

321

408

451

310

292

120

109

281

439

270

429

332

295

418

211

315

222

326

131

430

244

327

349

417

316

143

338

440

234

110

212

452

245

121

419

350

223

132

441

328

413

317

339

126

104

137

446

344

239

435

115

333

206

322

217

228

424

453

311

351

111

442

224

213

122

431

340

235

246

133

144

420

329

318

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0

145

251

360

466

47

48

49

50

51

262

263

264

265

266

146

252

361

467

151

257

366

472

148

254

363

469

149

255

364

470

156

371

150

256

365

471

147

253

362

468

52

157

372

267

19

21

12

17

18

20

16

25

13

10

14

24

23

22

26

15

53

268

31

152

153

154

155

258

259

260

261

367

368

369

370

473

474

475

476

158

373

33

11

159

374

54

269

28

27

160

375

34

35

29

46

32

30

55

270

37

36

39

38

40

161

376

41

42

43

44

45

56

162

271

377

185

196

174

79

57

411

90

163

305

389

378

283

68

187

400

294

198

307

92

70

186

413

176

59

91

58

412

380

165

81

164

272

175

80

401

402

390

391

197

306

69

274

273

379

285

296

284

295

188

60

199

82

93

71

381

414

177

166

456

308

403

98

76

286

61

275

386

135

423

171

102

392

204

87

182

65

94

208

124

72

350

193

313

393

408

445

309

230

419

297

241

113

219

189

128

317

415

116

328

200

339

382

434

178

64

404

83

437

223

134

192

444

112

439

139

287

167

448

212

459

222

240

233

97

302

397

234

170

276

181

455

229

438

101

280

138

127

298

117

355

203

426

95

140

244

422

407

213

129

291

354

105

245

449

86

316

460

207

353

190

107

224

427

342

327

106

321

118

123

73

211

433

218

396

385

450

62

383

349

75

461

172

331

168

246

428

332

312

201

343

416

279

63

195

333

96

173

235

288

320

191

418

84

205

100

67

394

179

344

206

338

277

405

388

395

301

315

421

183

293

322

310

384

410

194

184

89

99

103

236

78

88

77

136

399

169

202

406

125

180

440

74

387

242

231

66

281

290

141

314

424

114

85

130

356

119

299

304

398

237

409

311

417

292

457

435

225

214

209

462

108

282

446

220

351

345

142

247

329

420

463

318

300

120

109

289

451

278

441

340

303

430

215

323

226

334

131

442

248

335

357

429

324

143

346

452

238

110

216

464

249

121

431

358

227

132

453

336

425

325

347

126

104

137

458

352

243

447

115

341

210

330

221

232

436

465

319

359

111

454

228

217

122

443

348

239

250

133

144

432

337

326

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