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Faller, C. (2009). Spatial Audio Coding and MPEG Surround. In: Luo, FL. (eds) Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting Standards. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78263-8_22

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