AU2015201436B2 - Pulse encoding and decoding method and pulse codec - Google Patents

Abstract

In a pulse encoding and decoding method and a pulse codec, more than two tracks are jointly encoded, so that free codebook space in the situation of single track encoding can be combined during joint encoding to become code bits that may be saved. Furthermore, a pulse that is on each 5 track and required to be encoded is combined according to positions, and the number of positions having pulses, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse are encoded separately, so as to avoid separate encoding performed on multiple pulses of a same position, thereby further saving code bits.

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PULSE ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND PULSE CODEC [0001] The present application is a divisional application from Australian Patent Application No. 2011269502, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. FIELD OF THE INVENTION 5 [0002] The present invention relates to a pulse encoding and decoding method and a pulse codec. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In vector encoding technologies, an algebraic codebook is often used to perform quantization encoding on a residual signal after adaptive filtering. After position and symbol 0 information of an optimal algebraic codebook pulse on a track is obtained through searching, a corresponding index value is obtained through encoding calculation, so that a decoding end can reconstruct a pulse sequence according to the index value. In a precondition that lossless reconstruction is ensured, bits required by a code index value are reduced as much as possible, which is one of major objectives of research and development of algebraic codebook pulse 5 encoding methods. [0004] A preferred encoding method, namely, the adaptive multi-rate wideband (AMRWB+, Adaptive Multi-Rate Wideband) encoding method in speech encoding is taken as an example below to illustrate a specific encoding method adopted by an existing algebraic codebook pulse. According to different code bit rates, 1 to N pulses may be encoded on each track. It is assumed that each track 20 has M = 2' positions, in the AMRWB+, processes of encoding 1 to 6 pulses on each track are respectively described as follows: [0005] (I) One pulse is encoded on each track. [0006] Each track has 2' positions, therefore on each track, a position index of the pulse requires m bits for encoding, and a symbol index of the pulse requires 1 bit for encoding. An index 25 value of 1 pulse with a symbol is encoded as:

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1 p(m)= p + s x 2', where pE[0, 2'-1] is the position index of the pulse; s is the symbol index of the pulse; when a pulse symbol is positive, s is set as 0, and when the pulse symbol is negative, s is set as 1; 1 IipEG[0, 2"+' -1]. [0007] The number of bits required for encoding 1 pulse on each track is: m + 1. [0008] ® Two pulses are encoded on each track. [0009] According to the result of (, m + 1 bits are required for encoding 1 pulse on each track, 5 and encoding a position index of the other pulse requires m bits. Because there is no special requirement for order of the pulses, a value relationship obtained by arraying position indexes of the pulses may be used to indicate a symbol of the other pulse. An index value of 2 pulses is encoded as: I2p(m)= pl + Iipo x 2'= p1+ pO x 2'+ s x 2 2 m 0 where p0, ple[O, 2'-1] are the position indexes of the 2 pulses respectively; s is a symbol index of a pulse p0; a specific symbol indication rule of a pulse pl is: p0 < pl indicates that 2 pulse symbols are the same, p0 > pl indicates that 2 pulse symbols are opposite to each other; I2p E[0, 22m+l1] [0010] The number of bits required for encoding 2 pulses on each track is: 2m + 1. 5 [0011] @ Three pulses are encoded on each track. [0012] Each track is divided into two sections: Section A and Section B. Each section individually includes 2'-1 positions. A certain section includes at least 2 pulses. According to the result of ®, 2 x (m - 1) + 1 = 2m - 1 bits are required for encoding the section. Another pulse is searched for on the whole track, and according to the result of (, m + 1 bits are required. In 0 addition, 1 bit is further required to indicate the section including 2 pulses. An index value of 3 pulses is encoded as: 2,m1 2,

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3 p(m) = I2p(m - 1) + k x 2- + ip(m) x 2 where k is an index of the Section; I 3 pE[O, 2 3-1]. [0013] The number of bits required for encoding 3 pulses on each track is: 3m + 1. 25 [0014] @ Four pulses are encoded on each track. [0015] Each track is divided into two sections: Section A and Section B. Each section individually includes 2 "-1 positions. Combinations of the numbers of pulses included in each section are as shown in the following table. The number of pulses The number of pulses in Type Required bits in Section A Section B 0 0 4 4m-3 1 1 3 4m-2 2 2 2 4m-2 3 3 1 4m-2 2 4 4 0 4m-3 [0016] In the foregoing table, bases of the required bits corresponding to each type are: For type 0 and type 4, in a section having 4 pulses, the method similar to that of @ is adopted, but the number of pulses for overall searching is 2, which is equivalent to I2p(m - 2) + k x 22m-3 + I 2 p(m - 1) x 2 2m-2; for type 1, it is equivalent to I 1 p(m - 1) + I 3 p(m - 1) x 2m; for type 2, it is equivalent to I2p(m 2m-1 3m-2 5 - 1) + I2p(m - 1) x 2 -; and for type 3, it is equivalent to I3p(m - 1) + Iip(m - 1) x 2 [0017] Type 0 and type 4 are regarded as a possible situation, and types 1 to 3 each are regarded as a situation, so that totally there are 4 situations, therefore 2 bits are required to indicate corresponding situations, and types 1 to 3 each require 4m - 2 + 2 = 4m bits. Furthermore, for the situation including type 0 and type 4, 1 bit is further required for distinction, so that type 0 and type 0 4 require 4m - 3 + 2 + 1 = 4m bits. [0018] The number of bits required for encoding 4 pulses on each track is: 4m. [0019] @ Five pulses are encoded on each track. [0020] Each track is divided into two sections: Section A and Section B. Each section individually includes 2"'-1 positions. A certain section includes at least 3 pulses. According to the 5 result of @, 3 x (m - 1) + 1 = 3m - 2 bits are required for encoding the section. The other two pulses are searched for on the whole track, and according to the result of @, 2m + 1 bits are required. In addition, 1 bit is further required to indicate the section including 3 pulses. An index value of 5 pulses is encoded as:

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5 p(m) = Isp(m - 1) + k x 2 3m-2 + Iip(m) x 23"-1. 0 [0021] The number of bits required for encoding 5 pulses on each track is: 5m. [0022] @ Six pulses are encoded on each track. [0023] Each track is divided into two sections: Section A and Section B. Each section individually includes 2 m-1 positions. Combinations of the numbers of pulses included in each section are as shown in the following table. Type The number of pulses The number of pulses in Required bits in Section A Section B 0 0 6 6m-5 1 1 5 6m-5 2 2 4 6m-5 3 3 3 6m-4 4 4 2 6m-5 5 5 1 6m-5 6 6 0 6m-5 3 [0024] In the foregoing table, bases of the required bits corresponding to each type may be deduced according to @, which is not repeatedly described. [0025] Types 0 and 6, types 1 and 5, types 2 and 4 are each regarded as a possible situation, and type 3 is separately regarded as a situation, so that totally there are 4 situations, therefore 2 bits are 5 required to indicate corresponding situations, and type 3 requires 6m - 4 + 2 = 6m - 2 bits. For those situations including combined types, 1 bit is further required for distinction, so that other types, except for type 3, require 6m - 5 + 2 + 1 = 6m - 2 bits. [0026] The number of bits required for encoding 6 pulses on each track is: 6m - 2. [0027] In the process of proposing the present invention, the inventor finds that: In the algebraic 0 pulse encoding method provided by the AMRWB+, encoding logic similar to recursion is adopted, a situation in which the number of encoded pulses is relatively large is divided into several situations in which the number of encoded pulses is relatively small for processing, therefore calculation is complicated, and meanwhile, as the number of encoded pulses on the track increases, redundancy of code indexes accumulates gradually, which easily causes waste of code bits. 5 [0028] The discussion of prior publications and other prior knowledge does not constitute an admission that such material was published, known or part of the common general knowledge. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0029] Embodiments of the present invention provide a pulse encoding method which is capable of saving code bits. 0 [0029a] According to a first aspect, the present invention provides a pulse encoding method, comprising: determining, by a pulse encoder, pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about at least one pulses that are on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain (a) the number of positions that have at least one pulses on each track, (b) distribution of the positions that 25 have at least one pulses on each track, and (c) the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses, wherein the subscript t represents a t track, and tE[0, T-1]; determining a first index I1L of each track according to the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a second index 12t of each track according to the distribution of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a third index I3t of each track according 30 to the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track; and determining a code index Ind according to the first indexes of each track, the second indexes of each track and the third indexes of each track. [0029b] According to a second aspect, the present invention provides a pulse encoder, 4 comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the processor being configured to execute the computer executable instructions to: determining pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about at least one pulses 5 that are on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain (a) the number of positions that have at least one pulses on each track, (b) distribution of the positions that have at least o ne pulses on each track, and (c) the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses, wherein the subscript t represents a t track, and tE[0, T-1]; determining a first index I1L of each track according to the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a second 0 index J2t of each track according to the distribution of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a third index J3t of each track according to the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track; and determining a code index Ind according to the first indexes of each track, the second indexes of each track and third indexes of each track. 5 [0030] There may be provided a pulse encoding method which includes: obtaining pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, where T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the number N, of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position 0 that has a pulse, where the subscript t represents a tC track, and tE[O, T-1]; according to the number of positions that have pulses and are on each track, determining a first index Il L of each track, where the first index Il corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on the track under the number of the positions having pulses, wherein the number of the positions having pulses is represented it; determining a second index l 2 t of each track separately 25 according to distribution of the positions that have pulses and are on each track, where the second index indicates, among all possible distribution situations corresponding to the first index, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses and is on the track; determining a third index J3t of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on each track, wherein the step of determining a third 30 index J3, of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulses and is on each track comprises: for the tC track, situations that N, positions having pulses have Nt pulses are mapped to situations that Nt positions have Nt-Nt pulses, wherein Nt represents the total number of pulses required to be encoded on the tC track; and according to set order, all possible distribution situations of N,-N, pulses on N, positions are arrayed, and an arrayed serial 5 number is used as the third index I3t indicating the number of pulses on a position that has a pulse; and generating a code index Ind, where the code index includes information of the first, second and third indexes of each track. [0031] Another pulse encoding method may be provided which includes: obtaining pulses that 5 are on T tracks and required to be encoded, where T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the number N, of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse, where the subscript t represents a t track, and tE[O, T-1]; according to the number 0 of positions that have pulses and are on each track, determining a first index Ilt of each track, where the first index Ilt corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on the track under the number of the positions having pulses, where the number of the positions having pulses is represented by it; determining a second index I2, of each track separately according to distribution of the positions that have pulses on each track, where the second index indicates, 5 among all possible distribution situations corresponding to the first index, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses and is on the track; determining a third index I3, of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse and is on each track; and generating a code index Ind, where the code index includes information of the first, second, and third indexes of each track. 0 [0032] A pulse encoder may be provided which includes a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, the processor being configured to execute the computer executable instructions to: obtaining pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the 25 number N, of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse, wherein the subscript t represents a t track, and tE[O, T-1]; according to the number of positions that have pulses and are on each track, determining a first index Ilt of each track, wherein the first index Ilt corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on the track under the 30 number of the positions having pulses, wherein the number of the positions having pulses is represented it; determining a second index 12, of each track separately according to distribution of positions that have pulses and are on each track, wherein the second index indicates, among all possible distribution situations corresponding to the first index, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses and is on the track; determining a 6 third index J3t of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on each track; wherein the step of determining a third index J3t of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulses and is on each track comprises: for the t track, situations that N, positions having pulses have N, pulses are 5 mapped to situations that Nt positions have Nt-Nt pulses, wherein Nt represents the total number of pulses required to be encoded on the t track; and according to set order, all possible distribution situations of Nt-N, pulses on N, positions are arrayed, and an arrayed serial number is used as the third index J3, indicating the number of pulses on a position that has a pulse; and generating a code index Ind, wherein the code index comprises information of the first, second, and third indexes of 0 each track. [0033] A pulse decoding method may be provided which includes: obtaining a code index id, extracting a first index from the code index, and determining, according to the first index, a {No, N 1 , ... NT- I combination of the number of positions that have at least one pulse on T tracks, wherein the subscript t of Nt represents a t track, tE[O, T-1], and T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; 5 extracting a second index I 2 t of the tC track and a third index J3t of the tC track from the code index; according to the second index, determining distribution of positions that have at least one pulse on the tC track under the number of positions having at least one pulse on the tC track, wherein N, is determined according to the first index; according to the third index, determining the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulse on the tC track; and according to distribution of 0 the positions that have at least one pulse on the tC track and the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulse, reconstructing a pulse sequence on the tC track. [0034] A pulse encoder may be provided which includes: a pulse statistics unit, configured to obtain pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and separately collect, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each 25 track and required to be encoded, to obtain the number N, of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse, wherein the subscript t represents a tC track, and tE[O, T-1]; an index calculation unit, wherein the index calculation unit comprises: a first index unit, configured to, according to the number of positions that have pulse and on each track, determine a first index Ilt of 30 each track, wherein the first index Il corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have at least one pulse and are on the track under the number of the positions having pulses, wherein the number of the positions having pulses is represented it; a second index unit, configured to determine a second index J2t of each track separately according to distribution of positions that have pulses and are on each track, wherein the second index indicates, among all possible 7 distribution situations corresponding to the first index, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses and is on the track; and a third index unit, configured to determine a third index I3, of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on the track, wherein the third index unit maps, for the t track, 5 situations that Nt positions having pulses have Nt pulses to situations that Nt positions have Nt-Nt pulses, wherein Nt represents the total number of pulses required to be encoded on the t track; and arrays all possible distribution situations of Nt-N, pulses on N, positions according to set order, wherein an arrayed serial number is used as the third index I3, indicating the number of pulses on a position that has a pulse; and an index combination unit, configured to generate a code index Ind 0 comprising information of the first, second, and third indexes of each track. [0035] A pulse decoder may be provided which includes: a first extraction unit, configured to obtain a code index id, extract a first index from the code index, and determine, according to the first index, a {No, N 1 , ... , NT-I combination of the number of positions that have at least one pulse on T tracks, wherein the subscript t of N, represents a t track, tE[0, T-1], and T is an integer greater 5 than or equal to 2; a second extraction unit, configured to extract a second index I2t of each track and a third index I3t of each track from the code index; a first decoding unit, configured to, according to the second index, determine distribution of the positions that have at least one pulse on the t track, N, which is determined according to the first index; a second decoding unit, configured to, according to the third index, determine the number of pulses on each position that has at least 0 one pulse on the t track; and a pulse reconstruction unit, configured to, according to distribution of the positions that have at least one pulse on the tth track and the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulse, reconstruct a pulse sequence on the t track. [0036] Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding pulse decoding method, and a corresponding pulse encoder and decoder. 25 [0037] In the embodiments of the present invention, more than two tracks are jointly encoded, so that free codebook space in the situation of single track encoding can be combined during joint encoding to become code bits that may be saved. Furthermore, a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded is combined according to positions, and the number of positions having pulses, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each 30 position that has a pulse are encoded separately, so as to avoid separate encoding performed on multiple pulses of a same position, thereby further saving code bits. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0038] FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of an encoding method according to Embodiment 1 of 8 the present invention; [0039] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of pulse position mapping according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention; [0040] FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of an encoding method according to Embodiment 2 of 5 the present invention; [0041] FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of an encoding method according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention; [0042] FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of track pulse superposition according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; 0 [0043] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of indexes of pulse distribution tracks according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention; [0044] FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of a decoding method according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention; [0045] FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of a decoding method according to Embodiment 6 of the 5 present invention; [0046] FIG. 9 is a schematic flow chart of a decoding method according to Embodiment 7 of the present invention; [0047] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of an encoder according to Embodiment 8 of the present invention; and 0 [0048] FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a logical structure of a decoder according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS [0049] The terms "comprise(s)" and "include(s)" or "comprising" and "including" are to interpreted as specifying the presence of the stated features, integers, steps or components, but not 25 precluding the presence of one or more other features, integers, steps, or components or group thereof. [0050] An embodiment of the present invention provides a pulse encoding method, in which more than two tracks are jointly encoded to save code bits. Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding pulse decoding method and a pulse codec. Descriptions are 30 respectively provided below in detail. [0051] In a speech encoder, information of positions and symbols (if involved) of all pulses on each track are obtained through codebook searching. The information needs to be transferred to a decoding end completely, so that the decoding end can uniquely recover the information of 9 positions and symbols (if involved) of all the pulses. Meanwhile, in order to decrease a bit rate as much as possible, it is expected that bits as less as possible are used to transfer the information. [0052] It may be known through theoretical analysis that, the number of permutations and combinations of positions and symbols (if involved) of all pulses on a same track is a minimum 5 value of codebook space, and the corresponding number of code bits is a theoretical lower limit value. The total number of positions on a track and the total number of pulses on the track are specific. For situations in which the total number of positions on a track and the total number of pulses on the track have different values, the number of permutations and combinations of positions and symbols of all pulses is not always an integer power of 2, therefore the theoretical lower limit 0 value of the number of code bits is not always an integer, and in this case, the actual number of code bits of single-track encoding is at least the integer part of the theoretical lower limit value plus 1, which inevitably causes part of the codebook space to be free. For example, Table 1 provides a theoretical lower limit value and an actual lower limit value of the number of code bits and situation of free space when the total number N of pulses required to be encoded is 1 to 6 on a track with the 5 total number of positions being 16. Table 1 The Total The Number of Required Bits (bit) Number of The Number of Actual Lower Proportion of N Permutations Theoretical Free Limit Value of the Free and Lower Combinations Combinations Limit Value Single-track Encoding 1 32 5 5 0 0 2 512 9 9 0 0 3 5472 12.4179 13 2720 33.2% 4 44032 15.4263 16 21504 32.8% 5 285088 18.1210 19 239200 45.6% 6 1549824 20.5637 21 547328 26.1% [0053] It may be seen from Table 1 that, in most situations, the actual lower limit value may still incur great waste of the codebook space, therefore the present invention proposes that, joint encoding is performed on more than two tracks, and in this way, free codebook space in single-track 20 encoding may be combined, and once combined free space is sufficient, 1 actual code bit may be reduced. Obviously, for tracks of a same type (both the total numbers of positions on the tracks and 10 the total numbers of pulses on the tracks are the same), if only joint encoding is performed on K tracks, 1 code bit may be saved, K > 1/(1 - kk), where kk is fractional part of a theoretical lower limit value of the single-track encoding. For example, for tracks with kk being smaller than 0.5, such as the tracks that are in Table 1 and with the total number of pulses being 3, 4, and 5, joint 5 encoding of two together may save 1 code bit. For the tracks that are in Table 1 and with the total number of pulses being 6, joint encoding of three together may save 1 code bit. Definitely, joint encoding of tracks of different types may also achieve a same effect, and if only a sum of kks of 2 tracks is smaller than 1, or a sum of kks of 3 tracks is smaller than 2, 1 bit may be saved; obviously, if a sum of kks of 3 tracks is smaller than 1, 2 bits may be saved, and on the rest can be deduced by 0 analogy. Table 2 provides a comparison between joint encoding of 2 tracks of a same type and single-track encoding (it is taken into account that a pulse has a symbol), where the total number of positions on the track is 16, and the total number N of pulses required to be encoded is 3 to 5. Table 2 The Number of Actual Lower Limit Actual Lower Limit N Permutations and N Value of Encoding of Value of Joint Combinations from Joining 2 Tracks 2 Single Tracks Encoding of 2 Tracks 3 5472 x 5472 26 25 4 44032 x44032 32 31 5 285088 x 285088 38 37 [0054] Table 3 provides a comparison between joint encoding of 2 to 3 tracks of different types 15 and single-track encoding (it is taken into account that a pulse has a symbol), where the total number of positions on the track is 16, and the total number N of pulses required to be encoded is 3 to 5. Table 3 The Number of Actual Lower Actual Lower Limit Joint Permutations and Limit Value of N Value of Single-track mode Combinations of Joint Encoding of Encoding Single Tracks Tracks Joining 3 5472 13 of_2_4_440321628 of2 4 44032 16 11 Tracks Joining 4 44032 16 of 2 34 5 285088 19 Tracks Joining 3 5472 13 of3 4 44032 16 47 Tracks 5 285088 19 [0055] The foregoing provides the theoretical analysis of saving the number of bits in joint encoding of multiple tracks. In order to achieve a theoretical effect, a code index is required to use codebook space as efficiently as possible. Encoding methods for achieving an actual bit lower limit value of joint encoding of multiple tracks are separately provided below through specific 5 embodiments. [0056] Embodiment 1: A pulse encoding method, as shown in FIG. 1, includes: [0057] Al: Obtain pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, where T is an integer greater than or equal to 2. [0058] In the T tracks, the total number of pulses required to be encoded on each track is 0 usually determined according to a bit rate. The more the number of pulses required to be encoded, obviously, the more the number of bits required by a code index, and the higher the bit rate. In the specification, pulsenumt represents the total number of pulses that are on a t track and required to be encoded. It is assumed that pulse-num, = Nt, tE[0, T-1]. The total numbers of pulses on tracks of joint encoding may be the same, and may also be different. 5 [0059] A2: Separately collect, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the number N, of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse. [0060] In the specification: posnumt represents the number of positions that have pulses and 20 are on the t track. Distribution of N, pulses on the track may overlap in terms of position, and it is assumed that pos-numt = Nt, so that obviously NtE[1, Nt]. [0061] A pulse position vector Pt(Nt) = {pt(O), pt(1), ... , pt(N,-1)1 represents the distribution of the positions that have pulses and are on the t track, where pt(n) represents a position serial number of a position that has a pulse on the t track, nE[0, N,-1], pt(n)E[0, Mt-1], M, in the specification 25 represents the total number of positions on the t track, generally ML may be 8, 16 and so on, and the total numbers of positions on the tracks of joint encoding may be the same, and may also be different. 12 [0062] A pulse number vector SUt(Nt) = {sut(O), sut(1), ... , sut(Nt-1)} represents the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on the t track, where sut(n) represents the number of pulses of a pt(n) position, and obviously sut(O) + sut(1) +...+ sut(N, - 1) = Nt. [0063] Furthermore, a pulse required to be encoded may have a symbol, that is, have a feature 5 of being positive or negative. In this case, when statistics is collected, according to the positions, about the pulses that are on the track and required to be encoded, it is further required that pulse symbol information of each position that has the pulse is obtained, and in the specification: [0064] A pulse symbol vector St(N,) = {st(0), st(1), ... , st(N,-1)} represents pulse symbol information of each position that has the pulse and is on the t track, where st(n) represents a pulse 0 symbol of the pt(n) position and is called a symbol index of the pt(n) position. Based on that the pulse symbol represented by st(n) has a binary nature of being positive or negative, generally the following simple encoding manner may be adopted: st(n) = 0 is used to indicate a positive pulse, and st(n) = 1 is used to indicate a negative pulse. Definitely, for pulses required to be encoded, a pulse symbol is not a necessary feature, and according to actual needs, a pulse may have only 5 position and quantity features, and in this case, it is not required to collect statistics about the pulse symbol information. [0065] Obviously, values in Pt(Nt), SUt(Nt) and St(Nt) have one-to-one correspondence. [0066] After parameters Nt, Pt(Nt), SUt(Nt), and SL(Nt) required for joint encoding of tracks are obtained by collecting statistics, it is required that the parameters are encoded into indexes, and 0 correspondence between the parameters and the indexes is established, so that a decoding side can recover corresponding parameters according to the indexes. Two indicating manners may be adopted for the correspondence. One is that an algebraic manner is used to indicate a calculation relationship, and in this situation, an encoding side performs forward calculation on the parameters to obtain the indexes, and the decoding side performs reverse calculation on the indexes to obtain 25 the parameters. The other one is that a mapping manner is used to indicate a query relationship, and in this situation, the encoding and decoding sides both need to store a mapping table associating the parameters with the indexes. Selection may be performed on the two kinds of correspondence according to specific features of the parameters. Generally speaking, in a situation with a large amount of data, designing correspondence indicated by the calculation relationship can save the 30 amount of storage of the encoding and decoding sides, and is favorable. Encoding of each parameter is illustrated below respectively. [0067] A3: According to the number {No, N 1 , ... , NT-i of positions that have pulses and are on each track, determine a first index Il, where the first index Il corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on each track under the number of the 13 positions having pulses, where the number of the positions having pulses is represented by it. T-1 [0068] The total number of possible situations of the {No, N 1 , ..., NT-i combination is H N,. t=O A value of N, is not large, generally the total number T of tracks of joint encoding is also not very large, so that the total number of possible situations of the {No, N 1 , ..., NT-i combination is not 5 very large, and therefore it is feasible that correspondence between the {No, N 1 , ..., NT-i combination and the first index Il adopts the calculation relationship or the query relationship. [0069] When the correspondence between the {No, N 1 , ... , NT-i combination and Il is established, generally, a one-to-one relationship may be set between them and Il, that is, a first index corresponds to a {No, N 1 , ..., NT-i combination. The value Nt of posnumt determines the 0 total number W,(N,) of all possible situations of Pt(Nt), WL(Nt) C, , and "C" indicates acquiring T-1 the number of combinations, so that an Il corresponds to H WL(Nt) possible Pt(Nt) combinations t=O {Po(No), Pi(Ni), ... , PT-1 (NTi)}. [0070] Definitely, if some N, values of a certain track correspond to a small number of situations of Pt(N,), the N, values may be combined to correspond to a same Il, that is, at least one 5 Il corresponds to more than two {No, N 1 , ... , NT-i combinations, and in this case, an extra additional index Ift is required to distinguish the {No, N 1 , ... , NT-1I combinations corresponding to the same Il, that is, the additional index If, is used to further determine a current N, value of a track with a non-one N, value corresponding to Il. [0071] Different Il may be regarded as a classification index of joint encoding of tracks, which 20 divides codebook space of entire joint encoding into several parts according to combinations of the numbers of pulse positions of each track. Situations of combination classification of joint encoding are illustrated below through examples. Table 4 is a combination classification scheme of 3-pulse 2-track joint encoding. Totally there are 3 x 3 Nt value combinations, and each combination corresponds to a classification (Il). It is assumed that the total numbers Mt of positions on the tracks 25 are all 16. Table 4 Track 0 Track 1 The Number of Pt(Nt) Classification Nt Nt combinations 1 3 3 560x 560 2 3 2 560x 120 14 3 2 3 120x 560 4 2 2 120x 120 5 3 1 560x16 6 1 3 16 x560 7 2 1 120x16 8 1 2 16x120 9 1 1 16x120 [0072] Table 5 is a combination classification scheme of 4-pulse 2-track joint encoding. Totally there are 4 x 4 N, value combinations, and similarly, each kind of combination corresponds to a classification (Il). It is assumed that the total numbers ML of positions on the tracks are all 16. Table 5 Track 0 Track 1 The Number of Pt(Nt) Classification Nt Nt combinations 1 4 4 1820x 1820 2 4 3 1820 x 560 3 3 4 560x 1820 4 3 3 560x 560 5 4 2 1820x 120 6 2 4 120x 1820 7 3 2 560x 120 8 2 3 120x 560 9 4 1 1820x 16 10 1 4 16 x 1820 11 2 2 120x 120 12 3 1 560 x 16 13 1 3 16 x560 14 2 1 120x16 15 1 2 16x120 16 1 1 16 x 16 5 [0073] Table 6 is a combination classification scheme of 5-pulse 2-track joint encoding. What is different from the foregoing two examples is that, situations of Nt = 1, 2, 3 are combined for classification. Totally there are 3 x 3 classifications (Il), and some classifications each correspond 15 to multiple Nt value combinations. It is assumed that the total numbers ML of positions on the tracks are all 16. Table 6 Track 0 Track 1 Classification The Number of Pt(Nt) combinations Nt Nt 1 5 5 4368 x4368 2 5 4 4368 x 1820 3 4 5 1820x4368 4 4 4 1820x 1820 5 5 1,2,3 4368 x(16+ 120+560) 6 1,2,3 5 (16+ 120+560)x4368 7 4 1,2,3 1820 x(16+ 120+560) 8 1,2,3 4 (16+ 120+560)x 1820 9 1,2,3 1,2,3 (16+ 120+ 560)x (16+ 120+560) [0074] It may be seen from Table 6 that, Nt values (generally Nt values corresponding to the 5 small numbers of position combinations) are combined together for classification, which may effectively reduce the total number of classifications of joint encoding (for example, the number of classifications is 9 in Table 6, which is far smaller than the number, 25, of classifications in a one-to-one corresponding situation). Definitely, accordingly, it is required that the extra additional index Ift is used to determine a current Nt value in a classification situation where non-one Nt values [0 exist. That is, space divided by Il is further divided into subspace identified by the additional index Ift. [0075] A4: Determine a second index 12t of each track separately according to distribution Pt(Nt) of positions that have pulses and are on each track, where the second index 12t indicates, among all possible distribution situations corresponding to the first index Il, a distribution situation 15 which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses on a corresponding track. [0076] The total possible number of Pt(Nt) is Wt(Nt)=CQ , and the amount of data is large, therefore it is more suitable to adopt the calculation relationship for correspondence with the second index I2t, and definitely it is also feasible to adopt the query relationship. Obviously, Wt(Nt) is the number of all possible values of 12t. If a value of I2t is counted starting from 0, I2tE[0, W,(N,)-1]. 20 [0077] Definitely, in a situation where the additional index Ift needs to be used, the Nt value determining a range of I2t is jointly determined by the first index Il and the additional index Ift. 16 [0078] In order to determine the correspondence between Pt(Nt) and I2t through algebraic calculation, a calculation formula of the second index I2t is provided below: Nt Nt ~ Nt -1N, 12t = C - C _ + I [C _ - C n n=1 where pt(n) represents a position serial number of an nth position that has a pulse on a 5 track, nE[0, Nt-1], pt(0)E[0, Mt-Nt], pt(n)E[pt(n-1)+1, Mt-Nt+n], pt(O) < pt(1) <...< pt(Nt-1), or pt(O) > pt(1) >...> pt(Nt-1). [0079] By adopting the foregoing method, the second index I2t of each track can be obtained through the calculation relationship. Because the amount of data occupied by I2t in the code index is large, adopting the calculation method can reduce the amount of storage on both the encoding and 0 decoding sides as much as possible. Meanwhile, because I2t is continuously encoded and strictly one-to-one corresponds to Pt(Nt), code bits can be used to a maximum degree, thereby avoiding waste. For principles, specific deduction and descriptions of the calculation method, reference may be made to the China Patent Application (the publication date is October 29, 2008) with the publication No. being CN101295506, and particularly reference may be made to page 13 line 18 to 5 page 15 line 9 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 2, drawings 14 and 15); and for a corresponding decoding calculation method, reference may be made to page 16 line 23 to page 17 line 12 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 4). [0080] A5: Determine a third index I3t of each track separately according to the number SUt(Nt) of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on the track. 0 [0081] SU,(N,) is a vector having the same number of dimensions as Pt(N,), but it is limited that sut(0) + sut(1) +...+ sut(Nt-1) = Nt, and generally the value of Nt is not large, normally 1 to 6, therefore the total possible number of SUt(Nt) is not large, and it is feasible to adopt the calculation relationship or the query relationship for correspondence with the third index 13. It should be noted that, in some extreme situations, for example N, = 1 or N, = Nt, in this case SU,(N,) only has one 25 possible situation, no specific I3t is required for indication, and the l3t may be regarded as any value not affecting generation of a final code index. [0082] In order to determine correspondence between SUt(Nt) and I3t through algebraic calculation, a calculation method of the third index 13, is provided below: [0083] For a tth track, situations that N, positions having pulses have N, pulses are mapped to 30 situations that Nt positions have Nt - Nt pulses, where Nt represents the total number of pulses that are required to be encoded and on the t C track. For example, in the four kinds of 6-pulse 4-position (N, = 6, N, = 4) situations shown in FIG. 2, SU,(N,) is always {1, 2, 1, 21, 1 is subtracted from the number of pulses in each position (because each position has at least one pulse) to obtain J0, 1, 0, 17 11, that is, information of SUt(Nt) is mapped to a 2-pulse 4-position encoding situation. [0084] According to set order, all possible distribution situations of Nt - Nt pulses on Nt positions are arrayed, and an arrayed serial number is used as the third index I3t indicating the number of pulses on a position that has a pulse. 5 [0085] A calculation formula reflecting the foregoing calculation method is: 1t=CA~t _ ANt ANtA -h A~t -h

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3 t =CPPT - PP + T )PPT-h-q(h-1) - PPT-h-q(h) h=1 Where -Nt = Nt - Nt, PPT = Nt - 1, q(h) represents a position serial number of an (h + 1)th pulse,h E[0, - Nt-1], q(h)E[0,Nt-1], q(0)<5q(1)< ... < q( - Nt - 1), or q(0) > q(1) > ... > q( - Nt - 1), and Y indicates summation. 0 [0086] For principles, specific deduction and descriptions of the calculation method, reference may be made to the China Patent Application (the publication date is March 18, 2009) with the publication No. being CN101388210, and particularly reference may be made to page 8 line 23 to page 10 line 7 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 2, drawing 6); and for a corresponding decoding calculation method, reference may be made to page 21 line 10 to page 21 5 line 27 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 6). [0087] A6: Generate a general code index Ind of T tracks, where the code index Ind includes information of the first index Il and the second and third indexes 12t and I3t of each track. [0088] Il, I2t, I3t, the additional index Ift (if involved) and the symbol index Ist (if involved) may be placed in the code index in any manner that can be identified by the decoding side, and for 0 example in a simplest manner, may be stored in fixed fields separately and separately. In consideration of a precondition that the total number pulse-numt of pulses required to be encoded on each track is specific, the value Nt of each posnumt indicated by Il determines a variation range of 12, and I3,, that is, determines the number of code bits required by I2, and I3, (if involved, also determines the number of code bits required by Is,), therefore the following manners may be 25 adopted to construct the code index. [0089] () The first index Il is used as a starting value, and information of other indexes are superposed. A value of Il corresponds to an independent value range of the code index. In this way, the decoding side may directly determine a value combination {No, N 1 , ... , NT-i of posnumt according to the value range of the code index. Definitely, in a situation with the additional index, 30 only an N, value combination of the track with a non-one N, value corresponding to the first index can be determined according to Il, for example, the combination "1, 2, 3" in Table 6. No matter an Nt value or an Nt value combination is determined, its required encoding space is determined, so that the value range determined by Il (generally corresponds to a certain length of a field) may be 18 further divided into T parts to be used by I2t, I3t, and Ift (if involved) of T tracks separately. [0090] @ 12t and I3 may be placed in any manner that can be identified by the decoding side, and for example in a simplest manner, may be stored separately. Because I2t and I3t usually cannot be represented by an integer power of 2, in order to save code bits as much as possible, I2t and I3t of 5 the t" track may be combined into the following form to be placed in a section allocated from the value range determined by Il: Index(t) =2t + I3t x Wt(Nt)= I2 + I3t x Ct , where I2t and I3t are both encoded starting from 0, I2tE[O, Wt(Nt)-1], I3tE[O, Class(Nt)-1], and Class(Nt) is the total possible number of SUt(Nt). Obviously, the manner is equivalent to that 0 the value range allocated from Il is divided into Class(N,) sections with the length being W,(N,), and each section corresponds to a distribution situation of SU,(N,). [0091] Definitely, in a situation where Ift needs to be used, the value range allocated from Il to the track needs to be first assigned by Ift to different Nt for use, and then I2t and I3t are placed in the space assigned to each N,, and in this case, 5 Index(t) = Ift + I2, + I3t x C t [0092] @ Definitely, in a situation where an encoded pulse is a pulse with a symbol, each Index(t) is further required to include information of a symbol index st(n) of each pulse. For example, the symbol index Ist of the t track may be used as a field with the length being Nt to be placed in a fixed position, for example, the end, in the value range allocated from Il to the track, 0 and in this case, Index(t) = (I2, + I3, x CN ) x 2Nt + Ist (for a track with a one N, value corresponding to the first index), or, Index(t) = If, + (I2, + I3, x C )x 2Nt + Ist (for a track with a non-one Nt value corresponding to the first index), 25 where Is, = s,(O) x 2 Nt-1 + st(l) x 2 Nt-2 +...+ st(N, - 1). [0093] In conclusion, a construction manner of the general code index Ind of the T tracks may be indicated as: Ind = Il + Index(T - 1) + Imax(T - 1) x { ... x {JIndex(2) + Imax(2) x [Index(1) + Imax(1) x Index(0)]}... I T-1 T-1 30 =Il + ndex(0) x HIlmax (t) + Index(1) x HI'max (t) +...+ Index(T - 1), t=1 t=2 19 where Imax(t) represents an upper limit value of Index(t), and " - " represents multiplying. During decoding, a manner of taking a remainder of Imax(t) may be adopted to separate Index(t) one by one. For example, (Ind-Il) is used to take a remainder of Imax(T-l) to obtain Index(T-1), Index(T-1) is subtracted from (Ind-Il) to obtain a value, which is divided by Imax(T-1), and then a 5 remainder of Imax(T-2) is further obtained to obtain Index(T-2), and the rest can be deduced by analogy until Index(0) is obtained. [0094] It should be easily understood that, the foregoing exemplified code index construction manner is only an alternative manner of this embodiment, and persons skilled in the art may use basic information forming the code index to easily obtain a construction manner of another code 0 index structure. For example, index positions are swapped or recombined. Specifically, I2t of different tracks may be combined first, and then I3t and Ist are combined. The specific construction manner of the code index does not limit the embodiment of the present invention. [0095] Embodiment 2: A pulse encoding method, where in this embodiment, an index of each track of joint encoding is calculated separately, and combined to form a code index, as shown in 5 FIG. 3, includes the following steps: [0096] B 1: Obtain pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, where T is an integer greater than or equal to 2. [0097] B2: Separately collect, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the number Nt of positions that have pulses on each 0 track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse. [0098] Steps B 1 and B2 may be executed with reference to steps Al and A2 in Embodiment 1. [0099] B3: According to the number of positions that have pulses and are on each track, determine a first index Ilt of each track separately, where the first index Ilt corresponds to all 25 possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on the track under the number of the positions having pulses, where the number of the positions having pulses is represented by the first index Ilt. [00100] B4: Determine a second index 12t of each track separately according to the distribution of positions that have pulses and are on each track, where the second index 12t indicates, among all 30 possible distribution situations corresponding to the first index Ilt, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses and is on the track. [00101] B5: Determine a third index 13t of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse and is on each track. [00102] Steps B3 to B5 may be executed with reference to steps Al and A2 in Embodiment 1. 20 For details of the process of obtaining the index of each track separately, reference may be made to the China Patent Application (the publication date is October 29, 2008) with the publication No. being CN101295506, and particularly reference may be made to page 6 line 13 to page 15 line 9 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2); and for a 5 corresponding decoding calculation method, reference may be made to page 15 line 11 to page 17 line 12 of the specification of the application file (Embodiment 3 and Embodiment 4). [00103] A6: Generate a general code index Ind of T tracks, where the code index Ind includes information of the first, second, and third indexes Il1, 12, and I3, of each track. [00104] Ilt, I2t, I3t, and a symbol index Ist (if involved) may be placed in the code index in any 0 manner that can be identified by a decoding side, and for example in a simplest manner, may be stored in fixed fields separately. Definitely, combination may also be performed. For example, indexes of tracks are combined together separately and then superposed. That is, the following manner is adopted to construct the code index: T-1 T-1 hId=Index(0)x Hlmax(t) +Index(1)x H Imax (t) +...+ Index(T - 1), t=1 t=2 5 where Imax(t) represents an upper limit value of Index(t), Index(t) = Il1 + I2, + 13, x C (a situation where a pulse symbol is not taken into account), or, Index(t) = Ilt + (I2t + 13t x CN ) x 2Nt + Ist (a situation where a pulse symbol is taken into account). ,0 [00105] It is easily understood that, the foregoing exemplified code index construction manner is only an alternative manner of this embodiment, and persons skilled in the art may use basic information forming the code index to easily obtain a construction manner of another code index structure. For example, index positions are swapped or recombined in each track. The specific construction manner of the code index does not limit the embodiment of the present invention. 25 [00106] Embodiment 3: a pulse encoding method. This embodiment is a method proposed on the basis of Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2 to further save code bits. [00107] A generation process of a code index Ind in the pulse encoding method in this embodiment may be executed with reference to the method in Embodiment 1 or Embodiment 2. After the code index id is generated, the following operations are executed, as shown in FIG. 4, 30 and include: [00108] C1: Compare the code index Ind with an adjustment threshold THR, where THR < 2Bm- - Ima(T), 21 Imax(T) represents an upper limit value of id, Bmax represents an upper limit value of the number of bits used for encoding the code index; if Ind is smaller than THR, the procedure proceeds to step C2, otherwise the procedure proceeds to step C3. [00109] C2: Encode Ind by using code bits, the number of which is the first number. 5 [00110] C3: Encode Ind plus an offset value THRo by using code bits, the number of which is the Bmax second number, where THR < THRo < 2 - Jmax(T), the so called first number is smaller than the second number, the second number is smaller than or equal to Bmax, and the first number and the second number are both positive integers. [00111] For example, for a situation of joint encoding of two 4-pulse tracks (it is assumed that 0 the total number of positions of each track is 16), the total possible number of Ind is Imax(T) = 44032 x 44032 (it is taken into account that a pulse has a symbol), 31 code bits are required, its free codebook space is 2 - 44032 x 44032= 208666624, it may be set that THR = THRo = 208666624; when Ind is smaller than 208666624, code bits, the number of which is the first number (30), are used to encode Ind; when Ind is greater than 208666624, code bits, the number of which is the 5 second number (31), are used to encode Ind + 208666624. Obviously, there is a probability of 9.7% of further saving a bit on the basis of the 31 bits. Definitely, the adjustment threshold THR may be set to be smaller than 208666624, so as to save more bits, but accordingly, a probability of occurrence of a situation where a bit may be saved decreases dramatically, so that it needs balance consideration. 0 [00112] For principles, specific deduction and descriptions of the method for saving bits, reference may be made to the China Patent Application (the application date is June 19, 2009) with the application No. being CN200910150637.8. [00113] Furthermore, in order to increase the probability of occurrence of the situation where the bit may be saved, the following preferred manner may be adopted to set correspondence between a 25 first index Il and a {No, N 1 , ... , NT1 I combination that are in the code index id. Collect statistics about a probability of occurrence of the {No, N 1 , ..., NT-i combination, to make a first index corresponding to a combination with a higher probability of occurrence be smaller, so as to decrease an encoded index value of the combination with the high probability of occurrence as much as possible. 30 [00114] Embodiment 4: a pulse encoding method. This embodiment proposes a new method for joint encoding of tracks from a perspective different from Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. [00115] In Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, no matter joint classification is performed on situations of positions that have pulses and are on the tracks (Embodiment 1) or the first index is set for each track (Embodiment 2), processing needs to be performed separately on pulse position 22 distribution of each track. In this embodiment, a new idea is adopted, that is, tracks of joint encoding are overlapped to form 1 track, and pulse distribution information is superposed. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, 2 3-pulse tracks are superposed to form 1 6-pulse track (it is assumed that the number of positions of each track is 16), and then, 5 [00116] @ According to a distribution situation of pulses of a single track, a distribution index of a superposed track is calculated. For example, the combination manner of Ilt, I2t, 13t, and Ist described in Embodiment 2 may be adopted. [00117] @ A track index is established according to a situation of a track to which a pulse belongs. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the 3-postion 6-pulse obtained by superposition in FIG. 5 0 corresponds to different track distribution situations, and different track indexes may be used to indicate corresponding situations separately. In FIG. 6, "0" represents a pulse on a track 0, and "x" represents a pulse on a track 1. [00118] @ The distribution index which is of a single track and obtained by superposing the pulses and the track index indicating the track to which the pulse belongs are combined together to 5 obtain a final code index. [00119] The joint encoding method in this embodiment may also save code bits as Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2, and furthermore, may also be used in combination with Embodiment 3 to achieve the objective of further saving code bits. [00120] Embodiment 5: A pulse decoding method, where the decoding method provided in this 0 embodiment decodes a code index obtained according to the encoding method in Embodiment 1, and a decoding process is a reverse process of an encoding process, as shown in FIG. 7, includes: [00121] Dl: Obtain a code index Ind, extract a first index Il from the code index Ind, and determine, according to the first index Il, the number {N 0 , N 1 , ... , NT.1} of positions that have pulses and are on each track of T tracks. 25 [00122] Extracting information of each index from Ind may be performed according to a reverse process of combining indexes into id during encoding. For example, if each index is stored in a fixed field separately, each index may be directly extracted. [00123] If Ind adopts the structure provided in Embodiment 1 in which Il is used as the starting value to superpose other indexes, Il may be extracted first, and Index(t) of each track is separated 30 from Ind according to a {N 0 , N 1 , ... , NT-1l combination corresponding to Il. In this case, an Il corresponds to an independent value range of Ind, therefore a decoding side may judge a value range to which Ind belongs among several set independent value ranges, and determine the first index Il according to a starting value corresponding to the value range to which hid belongs. [00124] Definitely, in a situation where a track with a non-one Nt value corresponding to the first 23 index Il exists, for the track, Il determines its Nt value combination, an actual Nt value is determined by a further-extracted additional index Ift, and in this case, the separated Index(t) includes information of Ift. [00125] D2: Extract a second index 12t of each track and a third index I3t of each track from the 5 code index Ind. [00126] Similar to Il, extraction of I2t and I3t is also performed according to a reverse process of combination into Index(N), and for independent placement, extraction may be performed directly. If a encoding manner in which superposition is performed after combination, where the encoding manner is in Embodiment 1, is adopted for I2t and I3t, in this step, I2t, I3t, Ift (if involved) and Ist (if 0 involved) are separated from Index(t), and a reverse operation may be performed according to the combination process. [00127] For example, in a situation where Ift and Ist are not involved, I2t = Index(t) % Wt(Nt), and I3t = Int[Index(t)/Wt(Nt)], where % represents taking of a remainder, and Int represents rounding. In a situation where Ift is involved, similar to determining Il, the additional index Ift may 5 be determined according to a starting value corresponding to a value range to which Index(t) belongs, and after If, is separated, I2,, I3,, and Is, (if involved) are further extracted according to the determined Nt value. [00128] D3: For each track, according to the second index I2t, determine distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track under the number of positions having pulses, where the 0 number of positions having pulses corresponds to the first index Il and If, (if involved). [00129] A reverse process of encoding I2t is adopted for decoding I2t. If during encoding, I2t is obtained by adopting a calculation relationship, a reverse operation is performed by using the same calculation relationship during decoding. If during encoding, I2, is obtained by using a query relationship, the same correspondence is queried during decoding. 25 [00130] D4: For each track, according to the third index I3,, determine the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse. [00131] D5: For each track, according to distribution Pt(Nt) of the positions that have pulses on the track and the number SU,(N,) of pulses on each position that has the pulse, reconstruct a pulse sequence on the track. 30 [00132] For a situation where a pulse has a symbol, when a pulse sequence on each track is reconstructed, a positive or negative feature of a pulse symbol of each position that has a pulse is recovered according to pulse symbol information carried in each symbol index s,(n). [00133] Embodiment 6: A pulse decoding method, where the decoding method provided in this embodiment decodes a code index obtained according to the encoding method in Embodiment 2, 24 and a decoding process is a reverse process of an encoding process, as shown in FIG. 8, includes: [00134] El: Obtain a code index Ind, extract a first index Ilt of each track from the code index Ind, and determine, according to the first index Ilt, the number Nt of positions having pulses for each track. 5 [00135] In a situation where the total number Nt of pulses on each track is determined (under different bit rates, the total number of bits of the code index is different, therefore a decoding side may determine the total number Nt of pulses on each track directly according to the length (the number of bits) of the code index), an upper limit value Imax(t) of Index(t) is determined, therefore Index(t) of each track may be directly separated from Ind, and Ilt and corresponding Nt are 0 determined according to a value range of Index(t). [00136] E2: Extract a second index I2t of each track and a third index I3t of each track from the code index Ind. That is, I2t and I3t are separated from Index(t), which may be executed with reference to step D2 in Embodiment 5. If a pulse symbol is involved, Ist may be further separated. [00137] E3: For each track, according to the second index I2t, determine distribution of the 5 positions that have pulses on the track under the number of positions having pulses, where the number of positions having pulses corresponds to the first index Ilt. [00138] E4: For each track, according to the third index I3t, determine the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse. [00139] E5: For each track, according to distribution Pt(Nt) of the positions that have pulses on 0 the track and the number SUt(Nt) of pulses on each position that has the pulse, reconstruct a pulse sequence on the track. [00140] Steps E3 to E5 may be executed with reference to steps D3 to D5 in Embodiment 5. [00141] Embodiment 7: A pulse decoding method, where the decoding method provided in this embodiment corresponds to the encoding method in Embodiment 3, and decodes a code stream of 25 length-variable encoding in Embodiment 3 to obtain a code index, and a process is as shown in FIG. 9, includes: [00142] Fl: Extract code bits, the number of which is the first number, from an encoded code stream. [00143] F2: If a decoded value of the code bits, the number of which is the first number, is 30 smaller than an adjustment threshold THR, proceed to step F3, otherwise proceed to step F4. [00144] F3: Use the decoded value of the code bits, the number of which is the first number, as a code index Ind. [00145] F4: Otherwise, increase the number of extracted code bits to the second number, and use a value obtained by subtracting an offset value THRo from a decoded value of code bits, the number 25 of which is the second number, as a code index Ind. [00146] According to the decoding method in this embodiment, after the code index Ind is obtained from the encoded code stream, the code index id may be further decoded according to the decoding method in Embodiment 5 or Embodiment 6. 5 [00147] Embodiment 8: A pulse encoder 10, where the encoder provided in this embodiment may be used to execute the encoding method in Embodiment 1, as shown in FIG. 10, includes: [00148] A pulse statistics unit 101 is configured to obtain pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, where T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; and separately collect, according to positions, statistics about a pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain the 0 number Nt of positions that have pulses on each track, distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track, and the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse, where the subscript t represents a tth track, and tE[0, T-1]. [00149] An index calculation unit 102 includes: [00150] A first index unit 1021 is configured to, according to the number {N 0 , N 1 , ..., NT.1} of 5 positions that have pulses and are on each track, output a first index Il, where Il corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on each track under the number of the positions having pulses, where the number of the positions having pulses is represented by it. [00151] A second index unit 1022 is configured to output a second index I2t of each track separately according to distribution of positions that have pulses and are on each track, where I2t 0 indicates, among all possible distribution situations corresponding to Il, a distribution situation which corresponds to distribution of current positions having pulses on a corresponding track. [00152] A third index unit 1023 is configured to output a third index I3t of each track separately according to the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse and is on each track. [00153] An index combination unit 103 is configured to combine information of the first index Il 25 and the second and third indexes I 2 t and I3t of each track to form a code index Ind. [00154] In a situation where at least one first index corresponds to more than two {N 0 , N 1 , Nr1 I combinations, the index calculation unit 102 may further include an additional index unit 1024 (indicated by a block with dotted edges in FIG. 10), configured to, for a track with a non-one Nt value corresponding to the first index, determine an additional index If corresponding to the 30 number of current positions that have pulses and are on the track, where the additional index If corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions that have pulses and are on the track under the number of positions having pulses, where the number of positions having pulses is represented by it. In this case, the index combination unit 103 further combines information of the additional index Ift into the code index Ind. 26 [00155] Furthermore, in a situation where length-variable encoding is performed on the code index by adopting the method in Embodiment 3, the pulse encoder 10 in this embodiment may further include a code bit adjustment unit 104 (indicated by a block with dotted edges in FIG. 10), configured to compare the code index Ind with an adjustment threshold THR after the index 5 combination unit 103 generates the code index, where, THR < 2 Bmax - Imax(T), Imax(T) represents an upper limit value of Ind, and Bmax represents an upper limit value of the number of bits used for encoding the code index; and if Ind is smaller than THR, code bits, the number of which is the first number, are used 0 to encode Ind; otherwise, code bits, the number of which is the second number, are used to encode Ind plus an offset value THRo, where THR < THRo < 2Bmax - Imax(T), the used first number is smaller than the second number, the second number is smaller than or equal to Bmax, and the first number and the second number are both positive integers. [00156] Embodiment 9: A pulse decoder 20, where the decoder provided in this embodiment may 5 be used to execute the decoding method in Embodiment 5, as shown in FIG. 11, includes: [00157] A first extraction unit 201 is configured to obtain a code index Ind, extract a first index Il from the code index Ind, and determine, according to the first index, the number {No, N 1 , NT-il of positions that have pulses and are on each track of T tracks. [00158] A second extraction unit 202 is configured to extract a second index I2, of each track and 0 a third index 13, of each track from the code index Ind. [00159] A first decoding unit 203 is configured to, for each track, according to the second index I2t, determine distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track under the number of positions having pulses, where the number of positions having pulses corresponds to the first index. [00160] A second decoding unit 204 is configured to, for each track, according to the third index 25 13t, determine the number of pulses on each position that has a pulse. [00161] A pulse reconstruction unit 205 is configured to, for each track, according to distribution of the positions that have pulses on the track and the number of pulses on each position that has the pulse, reconstruct a pulse sequence on the track. [00162] In a situation where at least one first index corresponds to more than two {No, N 1 , . 30 NTi I combinations, the decode in this embodiment may further include: [00163] An additional extraction unit 206 (indicated by a block with dotted edges in FIG. 11) is configured to, for a track with a non-one Nt value corresponding to the first index, extract an additional index Ift corresponding to the number of current positions that have pulses and are on the track, where the additional index Ift corresponds to all possible distribution situations of positions 27 that have pulses and are on the track under the number of positions having pulses, where the number of positions having pulses is represented by it. In this case, the second extraction unit 202 extracts the second index I2, of the track and the third index I3, of the track according to the number of current positions that have pulses and are on a corresponding track, where the number of current 5 positions that have pulses and are on a corresponding track is determined by the additional index Ift extracted by the additional extraction unit 206. [00164] Furthermore, in a situation where decoding is performed on a code stream of length-variable encoding by adopting the method in Embodiment 7, the pulse decoder 20 in this embodiment may further include a decoding bit adjustment unit 207 (indicated by a block with 0 dotted edges in FIG. 11), configured to extract code bits, the number of which is the first number, from an encoded code stream; if a decoded value of the code bits, the number of which is the first number, is smaller than an adjustment threshold THR, use the decoded value of the code bits, the number of which is the first number, as a code index id for output; otherwise, increase the number of extracted code bits to the second number, and use a value obtained by subtracting an offset value 5 THRo from a decoded value of code bits, the number of which is the second number, as a code index Ind for output. [00165] Persons of ordinary skill in the art may understand that, all or part of the steps in the method of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented through a program instructing relevant hardware. The program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and the storage 0 medium may include a read only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, and so on. [00166] The pulse encoding and decoding methods and the pulse codec according to the embodiments of the present invention are described in detail above. The principles and implementation manners of the present invention are described here through specific embodiments. 25 The description about the foregoing embodiments is merely provided for ease of understanding of the method and its core ideas of the present invention. Meanwhile, persons of ordinary skill in the art may make variations to the specific implementation manners and application scopes according to the ideas of the present invention. Therefore, the specification shall not be construed as a limit to the present invention. 30 28

Claims (11)

1. A pulse encoding method, comprising: determining, by a pulse encoder, pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, 5 wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about at least one pulses that are on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain (a) the number of positions that have at least one pulses on each track, (b) distribution of the positions that have at least one pulses on each track, and (c) the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses, wherein the subscript t 0 represents a tth track, and tE[0, T-1]; determining a first index Ilt of each track according to the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a second index I2, of each track according to the distribution of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; 5 determining a third index J3t of each track according to the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track; and determining a code index Ind according to the first indexes of each track, the second indexes of each track and the third indexes of each track. 0

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third index J3t of each track is determined according to the following: I3t - C A - CAt + A [lCAt -h At -h PPT PPT-q(O) PPT-h-q(h -1) PPT-h-q(h)-' h=1 wherein Nt represents a total number of pulses required to be encoded on the tth track, Nt represents the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on the tth track, ANt = Nt - Nt, 25 PPT Nt - 1, q(h) represents a position serial number of a (h + 1 )th pulse, h E [0, ANt-1], q(h)E[O, Nt-], q(0) < q(1) <.. S q(ANt- 1), or q(0) > q(1) >... > q(ANt - 1), and I indicates summation.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second index I 2 t of each track is determined according to the following: 30 2 t=CNt - CNt + [C _ n Mp -n 30M Mt P(0) L[LM -pn - CMt -p n) n=1 29 wherein Mt represents a total number of positions on the t track, Nt represents the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on the tth track, pt(n) represents a position serial number of an n position that has at least one pulses on a track, nE[O, Nt-1], pt(O)E[O, Mt-Nt], pt(n)E[pt(n-1)+1, Mt-Nt+n], pt(O) < pt(l) <...< pt(Nt - 1), or pt(O) > pt(l) >...> pt(Nt - 1). 5

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein: during the separately collecting, according to the positions, the statistics about the pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, pulse symbol information of each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track is obtained; and 0 the code index further comprises information of a symbol index which corresponds to each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track, and the symbol index indicates pulse symbol information which is of a position that has at least one pulses and corresponds to the code index.

5 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the third index 13t of each track comprises: for the tf track, situations that Nt positions having at least one pulses have Nt pulses are mapped to situations that Nt positions have Nt-Nt pulses, wherein Nt represents a total number of pulses required to be encoded on the t track; and according to set order, all possible distribution situations of Nt-Nt pulses on Nt positions are arrayed, and an arrayed serial number is used as the 0 third index I3t indicating the number of pulses on a position that has at least one pulses.

6. A pulse encoder, comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, 25 the processor being configured to execute the computer executable instructions to: determining pulses that are on T tracks and required to be encoded, wherein T is an integer greater than or equal to 2; separately collecting, according to positions, statistics about at least one pulses that are on each track and required to be encoded, to obtain (a) the number of positions that have at least one 30 pulses on each track, (b) distribution of the positions that have at least o ne pulses on each track, and (c) the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses, wherein the subscript t represents a tth track, and tE[0, T-1]; determining a first index Ilt of each track according to the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; 30 determining a second index 12t of each track according to the distribution of positions that have at least one pulses and are on each track; determining a third index I3t of each track according to the number of pulses on each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track; and 5 determining a code index Ind according to the first indexes of each track, the second indexes of each track and third indexes of each track.

7. The encoder according to claim 6, wherein the third index I3t of each track is determined according to the following: 1 3 t A[Nt -1 CANt _ CA (O +[A§ANt -h AAt -h PPT PPT-q(0) PPT-h-q(h-1) - PPT-h-q(h) h=1 wherein Nt represents a total number of pulses required to be encoded on the tth track, Nt represents the number of positions that have at least one pulses and are on the tth track, ANt = Nt - Nt, PPT Nt - 1, q(h) represents a position serial number of a (h + 1 )th pulse, h E [0, ANt-1], q(h)E[O, Nt-], q(0) < q(1) <...< q(ANt - 1), or q(0) > q(1) >...> q(ANt - 1), and I indicates summation. 5

8. The encoder according to claim 6, wherein the second index 12t of each track is determined according to the following: 12t= C -C N _ + N n [C _ -n C ] n=1 wherein Mt represents a total number of positions on the t track, Nt represents the number 20 of positions that have at least one pulses and are on the tth track, pt(n) represents a position serial number of an n position that has at least one pulses on a track, nE[O, Nt-1], pt(O)E[O, Mt-Nt], pt(n)E[pt(n-1)+1, Mt-Nt+n], pt(O) < pt(l) <...< pt(Nt - 1), or pt(O) > pt(l) >...> pt(Nt - 1).

9. The encoder according to claim 6, wherein: 25 during the separately collecting, according to the positions, the statistics about the pulse that is on each track and required to be encoded, pulse symbol information of each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track is obtained; and the code index further comprises information of a symbol index which corresponds to each position that has at least one pulses and is on each track, and the symbol index indicates pulse 30 symbol information which is of a position that has at least one pulses and corresponds to the code index. 31

10. The encoder according to claim 6, wherein determining the third index I3t of each track comprises: for the t" track, situations that Nt positions having at least one pulses have Nt pulses are mapped to situations that Nt positions have Nt-Nt pulses, wherein Nt represents a total number of pulses required to be encoded on the t track; and according to set order, all possible distribution 5 situations of Nt-Nt pulses on Nt positions are arrayed, and an arrayed serial number is used as the third index I3t indicating the number of pulses on a position that has at least one pulses.

11. A computer-readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon; where the program makes the computer execute method of any of claims 1 to 5. 0 32