Speech coding apparatus and speech decoding apparatus each having a scalable configuration

1. A speech coding apparatus having a scalable configuration, comprising:

a base layer coder that codes an input signal and generates first coded information;

a base layer decoder that decodes the first coded information and generates a first decoded signal, while generating long term prediction information comprising information representing long term correlation of speech or sound;

an adder that obtains a residual signal representing a difference between the input signal and the first decoded signal; and

an enhancement layer coder that calculates a long term prediction coefficient based on a comparison between the residual signal obtained in the adder and a long term prediction signal fetched from a previous long term prediction signal sequence based on the long term prediction information generated in the base layer decoder, that codes the long term prediction coefficient and that generates second coded information.

2. The speech coding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the enhancement layer coder comprises:

an obtainer that obtains a long term prediction lag of an enhancement layer based on the long term prediction information; and

a fetcher that fetches the long term prediction signal back by the long term prediction lag from the previous long term prediction signal sequence stored in a buffer.

3. The speech coding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base layer decoder uses information specifying a fetching position where an adaptive excitation vector is fetched from an excitation vector signal sample, as the long term prediction information.

4. The speech coding apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the base layer coder, the base layer decoder, the adder and the enhancement layer coder are distinct from each other.

5. A speech decoding apparatus having a scalable configuration, that receives first coded information and second coded information from the speech coding apparatus of claim 1 and decodes speech, the speech decoding apparatus comprising:

a base layer decoder that decodes first coded information to generate a first decoded signal, while generating long term prediction information comprising information representing long term correlation of speech or sound;

an enhancement layer decoder that decodes second coded information using a long term prediction signal fetched from a previous long term prediction signal sequence based on the long term prediction information generated in the base layer decoder and that generates a second decoded signal; and

an adder that adds the first decoded signal and the second decoded signal and outputs a speech or sound signal as a result of the addition.

6. The speech decoding apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the enhancement layer decoder comprises:

an obtainer that obtains a long term prediction lag of an enhancement layer based on long term prediction information; and

a fetcher that fetches a long term prediction signal back by the long term prediction lag from a previous long term prediction signal sequence stored in a buffer.

7. The speech decoding apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the base layer decoder uses information specifying a fetching position where an adaptive excitation vector is fetched from an excitation vector signal sample, as long term prediction information.