<s>
LC3	B-General_Concept
(	O
Low	O
Complexity	O
Communication	O
Codec	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
audio	B-Algorithm
codec	I-Algorithm
specified	O
by	O
the	O
Bluetooth	O
Special	O
Interest	O
Group	O
(	O
SIG	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
LE	O
Audio	O
audio	O
protocol	O
introduced	O
in	O
Bluetooth	O
5.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
developed	O
by	O
Fraunhofer	O
IIS	O
and	O
Ericsson	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
SBC	B-General_Concept
codec	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
LC3	B-General_Concept
provides	O
higher	O
audio	O
quality	O
and	O
better	O
Packet	B-Protocol
loss	I-Protocol
concealment	I-Protocol
than	O
SBC	B-General_Concept
,	O
G.722	B-Algorithm
and	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
,	O
according	O
to	O
subjective	O
testing	O
by	O
the	O
Bluetooth	O
Special	O
Interest	O
Group	O
and	O
ETSI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
conclusion	O
regarding	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
is	O
disputed	O
as	O
the	O
test	O
only	O
included	O
speech	O
audio	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
comparison	O
was	O
made	O
to	O
version	O
1.1.4	O
of	O
the	O
reference	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
encoder	O
,	O
using	O
complexity	O
level	O
0	O
at	O
32kbps	O
and	O
relying	O
on	O
CELT	B-Algorithm
(	O
general	O
audio	O
)	O
instead	O
of	O
SILK	O
(	O
speech	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
test	O
also	O
did	O
not	O
take	O
into	O
account	O
the	O
newer	O
version	O
1.2	O
of	O
the	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
encoder	O
released	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
where	O
significant	O
improvements	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
low	O
bitrate	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LC3plus	O
High	O
Resolution	O
mode	O
is	O
a	O
codec	O
defined	O
by	O
ETSI	O
and	O
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
LC3	B-General_Concept
defined	O
by	O
Bluetooth	O
SIG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
2019	O
DECT	B-Protocol
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LC3plus	O
is	O
the	O
4th	O
codec	O
to	O
receive	O
this	O
,	O
alongside	O
MQair	B-Algorithm
,	O
LDAC	B-Algorithm
and	O
LHDC	B-Algorithm
codecs	O
.	O
</s>
