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Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS has announced it will present its Fraunhofer Audio Communication Engine at an upcoming industry event.

 

The new technology, which is expected to revolutionize social gatherings over long distances, is a complete solution that optimizes communication applications and enables a new generation of telepresence systems.

 

Designed especially to improve sound quality of teleconferencing or VoIP applications, the new offering provides better audio clarity, seamless phone and conference calls, meetings over the Internet and resembles a face-to-face conversation happening in the same room.

The critical component of the Fraunhofer Audio Communication Engine is the MPEG audio codec “Enhanced Low Delay AAC” which provides the hi-fi sound quality at low data rates and low coding delays. Also, the presence of an echo control removes acoustical echo which occurs in hands-free communication.

 

The solution enables easy collaboration for businesses and an easy connection between friends and family who can play games and engaging in conversations how ever far apart they are.

Also, an intelligent analysis and playback capability helps to assure that the correct location of each participant in the virtual room is created. This is possible even if many people are talking at the same time.

 

With error concealment and conversion to the network transmission capacity, the solution is able to also ensure smooth conversations without any interruption including conversations over low-bandwidth connections.

The upcoming presentation will include a temporary telepresence installation in two separate but connected rooms. This telepresence configuration is a part of the “Together Anywhere, Together Anytime” (TA2) initiative which supports various ways of group-to-group communication.