All voice codecs include speech coding (source coding), channel coding (error protection and bad frame detection), concealment of erroneous or lost frames (bad frame handling), Voice Activity Detection (VAD), and a low bit rate source controlled mode for coding background noise. The codecs operate either in the GSM full-rate traffic channel at the gross bit rate of 22.8 kbit/s (FR, EFR, AMR-WB), or in the half-rate channel at the gross bit rate of 11.4 kbit/s (HR), or in both (AMR). AMR and AMR-W