Log area ratio explained

Log area ratios (LAR) can be used to represent reflection coefficients (another form for linear prediction coefficients) for transmission over a channel. While not as efficient as line spectral pairs (LSPs), log area ratios are much simpler to compute. Let

r _{k} be the kth reflection coefficient of a filter, the kth LAR is:A _{k} = log { 1- r _{k} \over 1+ r _{k}}

Use of Log Area Ratios have now been mostly replaced by Line Spectral Pairs, but older codecs, such as GSM-FR use LARs.

See also

• Line spectral pairs