diff --git a/Workspace_msvc/lib_com.vcxproj b/Workspace_msvc/lib_com.vcxproj
index d11b9087ee8167fc0c476be9c0122e0b5c3c5d7d..1081724287c50a9cfdbee4ec27bcf278dd2e8c42 100644
--- a/Workspace_msvc/lib_com.vcxproj
+++ b/Workspace_msvc/lib_com.vcxproj
@@ -308,4 +308,4 @@
       <UserProperties DevPartner_IsInstrumented="0" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/encoder.c b/apps/encoder.c
index b00f4f75fdc85f3dc72e6ad1a0a9568e70e2a60d..8ca293719fcf4b18dd81923b1649c4c16fd59b89 100644
--- a/apps/encoder.c
+++ b/apps/encoder.c
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ typedef struct
     const char *ca_config_file;
     bool mimeOutput;
     IVAS_ENC_COMPLEXITY_LEVEL complexityLevel;
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    bool lbr_disc_obj;
+#endif
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     IVAS_ENC_FORCED_MODE forcedMode;
     const char *forcedModeFile;
@@ -431,7 +434,13 @@ int main(
             }
             break;
         case IVAS_ENC_INPUT_SBA_ISM:
-            if ( ( error = IVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects( hIvasEnc, arg.inputFs, totalBitrate, bandwidth, arg.dtxConfig, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.numObjects, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.order, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.isPlanar, arg.pca ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
+            if ( ( error = IVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects( hIvasEnc, arg.inputFs, totalBitrate, bandwidth, arg.dtxConfig, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.numObjects, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.order, arg.inputFormatConfig.sba_ism.isPlanar, arg.pca
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+                                                            ,
+                                                            arg.lbr_disc_obj
+#endif
+
+                                                            ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
             {
                 fprintf( stderr, "\nIVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects failed: %s\n\n", IVAS_ENC_GetErrorMessage( error ) );
                 exit( -1 );
@@ -882,6 +891,9 @@ static void initArgStruct( EncArguments *arg )
     arg->is_binaural = false;
     arg->inputFormatConfig.stereoToMonoDownmix = false;
     arg->max_bwidth_user = false;
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    arg->lbr_disc_obj = false;
+#endif
     arg->maxBandwidth = IVAS_ENC_BANDWIDTH_UNDEFINED;
     arg->bandwithProfileFile = NULL;
     arg->dtxConfig = IVAS_ENC_GetDefaultDtxConfig();
@@ -1183,6 +1195,14 @@ static bool parseCmdlIVAS_enc(
             }
         }
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        else if ( strcmp( argv_to_upper, "-LBR_DISC_OBJ" ) == 0 )
+        {
+            arg->lbr_disc_obj = true;
+            fprintf( stdout, "Encoding objects separately\n" );
+            ++i;
+        }
+#endif
         /*-----------------------------------------------------------------*
          * MIME output file format
          *-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h b/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
index 4960db4712d21ea43b05909befe931db6481ec88..a23d3105d30dbbb09be841bd8531619f43258e9e 100755
--- a/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_cnst.h
@@ -1150,6 +1150,9 @@ enum
 
 #define MASA_TRANSP_BITS                        1
 #define NO_BITS_MASA_ISM_NO_OBJ                 2
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+#define NO_BITS_SBA_ISM_NO_OBJ                  3
+#endif
 #define MASA2TOTAL_THR                          0.98f
 #define BITS_MASA2TOTTAL_DCT0                   6
 #define STEP_M2T                                0.1f
diff --git a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
index 0902af55301ed2963861d8bc94d602a795667af1..26f049920eae60cf044a8bf83da20d5e70d2523f 100755
--- a/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
+++ b/lib_com/ivas_prot.h
@@ -3016,6 +3016,11 @@ void ivas_mct_core_enc(
     const int16_t switch_bw,                                    /* i  : flag bandwidth switch occurance         */
     const int16_t lfe_bits,                                     /* i  : bits spent for LFE                      */
     const int16_t sba_order                                     /* i  : Ambisonic (SBA) order                   */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    ,
+    const int16_t nchan_ism,                                    /* i  : number of input ISM's           */
+    const int16_t lbr_disc_obj                                  /* i : flag to enable discrete objects ats bitrates < 256 kbps */
+#endif
 );
 
 void ivas_mdct_quant_coder(
@@ -5619,6 +5624,13 @@ void ivas_osba_data_close(
     SBA_ISM_DATA_HANDLE *hSbaIsmData                            /* i/o: OSBA rendering handle                   */
 );
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+int16_t ivas_osba_ism_mode_select(
+    const int32_t ivas_total_brate,                             /* i  : IVAS total bitrate      */
+    const int16_t nchan_ism,                                    /* i  : number of input ISM's   */
+    const int16_t lbr_disc_obj                                  /* i  : flag to enable discrete objects at BRs lower than 256 kbps */
+);
+#endif
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*
 * OMASA prototypes
diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 6e9f3d7710b7e2b0f06a5a7622e2ba97f5bd9260..773fff235512ea27c5d2ce752913c41491c197e5 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -168,10 +168,14 @@
 /* any switch which is non-be wrt selection floating point code */
 /* all switches in this category should start with "NONBE_" */
 
+
+#define NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR                                /* FhG: select coding method for OSBA ojects depending on the number of objects and bitrate */
+
 #define NONBE_FIX_987_PARAMC_BINAURAL_REVERB_RENDERING       /* FhG: issue 987: solution b: downmix HOA3 to stereo a input for the reverberator */
 #define NONBE_FIX_1006_PAST_DMX_NRG_ERROR                     /* Eri/FhG: Issue 1006: Bug fix in ivas_stereo_dft_dec not replicated in ivas_stereo_dft_dec_dmx */
 #define NONBE_FIX_1010_STEREO_CNG_DIV_BY_ZERO                 /* Eri: Issue 1010: Division by zero in Stereo CNG */
 
+
 /* ##################### End NON-BE switches ########################### */
 
 /* ################## End DEVELOPMENT switches ######################### */
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
index b92dc19ded7ef196f99d67780c825c4ed31b047b..9c41e749650ff22c76cd45e30ecf41a88e416905 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_init_dec.c
@@ -465,10 +465,23 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec_setup(
         }
         else if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT )
         {
+
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            st_ivas->osba_mode_bit = st_ivas->bit_stream[ivas_total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC - 1];
+#endif
+
             /* the number of objects is written at the end of the bitstream, in the SBA metadata */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            st_ivas->nchan_ism = 2 * st_ivas->bit_stream[ivas_total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC - 2] + st_ivas->bit_stream[ivas_total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC - 3] + 1;
+#else
             st_ivas->nchan_ism = 2 * st_ivas->bit_stream[ivas_total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC - 1] + st_ivas->bit_stream[ivas_total_brate / FRAMES_PER_SEC - 2] + 1;
+#endif
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            if ( ivas_total_brate < IVAS_24k4 || st_ivas->osba_mode_bit )
+#else
             if ( ivas_total_brate < IVAS_24k4 || ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_256k )
+#endif
             {
                 /* read Ambisonic (SBA) planar flag */
                 st_ivas->sba_planar = st_ivas->bit_stream[num_bits_read];
@@ -480,7 +493,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec_setup(
             num_bits_read += SBA_ORDER_BITS;
 
             /* read Ambisonic (SBA) order */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            if ( !st_ivas->osba_mode_bit )
+#else
             if ( ivas_total_brate < IVAS_256k )
+#endif
             {
                 st_ivas->sba_order = 3;
             }
@@ -506,11 +523,23 @@ ivas_error ivas_dec_setup(
                 /*correct number of CPEs for discrete ISM coding*/
                 if ( st_ivas->ini_frame > 0 && st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
                 {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+                    {
+                        int16_t n;
+
+                        n = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->nchan_ism;
+                        st_ivas->nCPE = ( n / 2 ) + ( n % 2 );
+                    }
+#else
                     st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
                 }
             }
-
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            if ( st_ivas->osba_mode_bit )
+#else
             if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_256k )
+#endif
             {
                 st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC;
             }
@@ -1587,7 +1616,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_init_decoder(
 
         if ( st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
+
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
             st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
             st_ivas->element_mode_init = IVAS_CPE_MDCT;
         }
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
index a6f145d6b579251f5ebe3b9151e79ebc55202100..027f23c4ac5dd4d6d0992a96d889a98993b8e89e 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_metadata_dec.c
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_ism_metadata_dec(
         if ( ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {
             /* number of objects was read in ivas_dec_setup() */
-            st0->next_bit_pos += NO_BITS_MASA_ISM_NO_OBJ;
+            st0->next_bit_pos += NO_BITS_SBA_ISM_NO_OBJ;
         }
         else if ( ism_mode != ISM_MASA_MODE_DISC && ism_mode != ISM_MASA_MODE_MASA_ONE_OBJ )
         {
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
index c7ad64a60afbba35711ec1cc73babb9a64489e9f..ad2f56c5d12d098813b9b77e325edc4e450aacfe 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_jbm_dec.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ ivas_error ivas_jbm_dec_tc(
         }
         else
         {
-            nb_bits_metadata[1] += NO_BITS_MASA_ISM_NO_OBJ;
+            nb_bits_metadata[1] += NO_BITS_SBA_ISM_NO_OBJ;
             sba_ch_idx = 0;
         }
 
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_sba_dec.c b/lib_dec/ivas_sba_dec.c
index af102dd96e23b38bb32d0f3491da4104a056bc15..8a5939d4aad3d374c4d8485ce0636267c9d1beeb 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_sba_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_sba_dec.c
@@ -143,7 +143,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_sba_dec_reconfigure(
 
     if ( st_ivas->ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT )
     {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        if ( st_ivas->osba_mode_bit )
+#else
         if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_256k )
+#endif
         {
             st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC;
         }
@@ -511,7 +515,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_sba_dec_reconfigure(
                 return error;
             }
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
+
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
             st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
         }
         else if ( ism_mode_old == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC && st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_MODE_NONE )
         {
@@ -534,7 +547,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_sba_dec_reconfigure(
         }
         else if ( st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
+
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
             st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
             nCPE_old = st_ivas->nCPE;
             nchan_transport_old = st_ivas->nchan_transport;
             nchan_transport_old += st_ivas->nchan_ism;
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_stat_dec.h b/lib_dec/ivas_stat_dec.h
index 4deb6748e23019654759c758b08596e121c0d95b..0a954431cacc0f38b5f4d054b03662c5d5342bcf 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_stat_dec.h
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_stat_dec.h
@@ -1102,6 +1102,9 @@ typedef struct Decoder_Struct
     int16_t sba_planar;                                     /* Ambisonic (SBA) planar flag */
     int16_t sba_analysis_order;                             /* Ambisonic (SBA) order used for analysis and coding */
     int16_t sba_dirac_stereo_flag;                          /* flag indicating stereo output for SBA DirAC modes with 1 TC */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+	int16_t osba_mode_bit;
+#endif
 
     /* rendering modules */
     RENDERER_TYPE renderer_type;                               /* renderer type */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_init_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_init_enc.c
index a394f1609011619c4f1f25eea95279f8646622f2..c62b26fbe34f6b6969f1e53561939759099ccc83 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_init_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_init_enc.c
@@ -674,7 +674,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_init_encoder(
     {
         st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_MODE_NONE;
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        if ( ivas_osba_ism_mode_select( ivas_total_brate, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->lbr_disc_obj ) )
+#else
         if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_256k )
+#endif
         {
             st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC;
         }
@@ -732,8 +736,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_init_encoder(
         else
         {
             /* allocate and initialize MCT core coder */
-            st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
 
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
+            st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
             for ( cpe_id = 0; cpe_id < st_ivas->nCPE; cpe_id++ )
             {
                 if ( ( error = create_cpe_enc( st_ivas, cpe_id, ( ivas_total_brate / st_ivas->nchan_transport ) * CPE_CHANNELS ) ) != IVAS_ERR_OK )
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
index 8705d94c64ab5562916c9ce9cdf7c63b27919ac6..2420b91889b3d72dd7ed46b8498b99c418eef32f 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_core_enc.c
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ void ivas_mct_core_enc(
     const int16_t switch_bw,             /* i  : flag bandwidth switch occurance */
     const int16_t lfe_bits,              /* i  : bits spent for LFE              */
     const int16_t sba_order              /* i  : Ambisonic (SBA) order           */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    ,
+    const int16_t nchan_ism,   /* i  : number of input ISM's           */
+    const int16_t lbr_disc_obj /* i : flag to enable discrete objects ats bitrates < 256 kbps */
+#endif
 )
 {
     int16_t ch, ch_core, nSubframes, L_subframeTCX;
@@ -497,7 +502,11 @@ void ivas_mct_core_enc(
     {
         nAvailBits -= IVAS_FORMAT_SIGNALING_NBITS_EXTENDED;
         nAvailBits -= SBA_ORDER_BITS + SBA_PLANAR_BITS;
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        if ( ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT && ( ivas_osba_ism_mode_select( ivas_total_brate, nchan_ism, lbr_disc_obj ) || ivas_total_brate < IVAS_24k4 ) )
+#else
         if ( ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT && nChannels > 4 )
+#endif
         {
             nAvailBits -= IVAS_COMBINED_FORMAT_SIGNALLING_BITS;
         }
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_enc.c
index 83c5f57c17e46b72e685477ea354e87ab2e46207..c614242563258175ce4ae15b660ecdd19ad08d84 100755
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_mct_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_mct_enc.c
@@ -248,7 +248,13 @@ ivas_error ivas_mct_enc(
     }
 
     /* joint MCT encoding */
-    ivas_mct_core_enc( ivas_format, hMCT, st_ivas->hCPE, hMCT->nchan_out_woLFE, ivas_total_brate, switch_bw, ( ivas_format == MC_FORMAT && ( st_ivas->mc_mode == MC_MODE_MCT || st_ivas->mc_mode == MC_MODE_PARAMUPMIX ) ) ? (int16_t) st_ivas->hLFE->lfe_bits : 0, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->sba_order );
+    ivas_mct_core_enc( ivas_format, hMCT, st_ivas->hCPE, hMCT->nchan_out_woLFE, ivas_total_brate, switch_bw, ( ivas_format == MC_FORMAT && ( st_ivas->mc_mode == MC_MODE_MCT || st_ivas->mc_mode == MC_MODE_PARAMUPMIX ) ) ? (int16_t) st_ivas->hLFE->lfe_bits : 0, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->sba_order
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+                       ,
+                       st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism,
+                       st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->lbr_disc_obj
+#endif
+    );
 
     /* Spectrum quantization and coding */
     for ( cpe_id = 0; cpe_id < st_ivas->nCPE; cpe_id++ )
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_osba_enc.c b/lib_enc/ivas_osba_enc.c
index a2b857b9d8558a72b5bbc8ed74de1a8d864f9bcb..14e21c770631f59074ed45db15d5636f45460081 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_osba_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_osba_enc.c
@@ -197,7 +197,11 @@ ivas_error ivas_osba_enc_reconfig(
 
         spar_reconfig_flag = 0;
         old_ism_mode = st_ivas->ism_mode;
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        if ( ivas_osba_ism_mode_select( ivas_total_brate, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism, st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->lbr_disc_obj ) )
+#else
         if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_256k )
+#endif
         {
             st_ivas->ism_mode = ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC;
         }
@@ -336,7 +340,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_osba_enc_reconfig(
 
         if ( old_ism_mode == ISM_MODE_NONE && st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
+
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
             st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
         }
         else if ( old_ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC && st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_MODE_NONE )
         {
@@ -344,7 +357,16 @@ ivas_error ivas_osba_enc_reconfig(
         }
         else if ( st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
         {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+            {
+                int16_t n_all;
+
+                n_all = st_ivas->nchan_transport + st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism;
+                st_ivas->nCPE = ( n_all / 2 ) + ( n_all % 2 );
+            }
+#else
             st_ivas->nCPE += ( st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism + 1 ) >> 1;
+#endif
             nCPE_old = st_ivas->nCPE;
             nchan_transport_old = st_ivas->nchan_transport;
             nchan_transport_old += st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism;
@@ -480,3 +502,51 @@ static void ivas_osba_render_ism_to_sba(
 
     return;
 }
+
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+/*! r : ISM format mode */
+int16_t ivas_osba_ism_mode_select(
+    const int32_t ivas_total_brate, /* i  : IVAS total bitrate      */
+    const int16_t nchan_ism,        /* i  : number of input ISM's   */
+    const int16_t lbr_disc_obj      /* i  : flag to enable discrete objects at BRs lower than 256 kbps */
+)
+{
+    int16_t ism_mode = 0;
+
+    if ( !lbr_disc_obj && ivas_total_brate < IVAS_256k )
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    switch ( nchan_ism )
+    {
+        case 1:
+            if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_96k )
+            {
+                ism_mode = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_128k )
+            {
+                ism_mode = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 3:
+            if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_128k )
+            {
+                ism_mode = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 4:
+            if ( ivas_total_brate >= IVAS_128k )
+            {
+                ism_mode = 1;
+            }
+            break;
+    }
+
+    return ism_mode;
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_encoder.c b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_encoder.c
index d3ff38062aa496c10ea462c3b966f7b876a9276e..54b6a6fd9006666138293e95f03dc41a5f43d319 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_spar_encoder.c
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_spar_encoder.c
@@ -366,8 +366,21 @@ ivas_error ivas_spar_enc(
 
     if ( hEncoderConfig->ivas_format == SBA_ISM_FORMAT )
     {
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+        int16_t i1;
+
+        i1 = hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism - 1;
+
+        if ( st_ivas->ism_mode == ISM_SBA_MODE_DISC )
+        {
+            i1 |= ( 1 << 2 );
+        }
+
         /* write the number of objects in ISM_SBA format*/
-        push_indice( hMetaData, IND_ISM_NUM_OBJECTS, hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism - 1, NO_BITS_MASA_ISM_NO_OBJ );
+        push_indice( hMetaData, IND_ISM_NUM_OBJECTS, i1, NO_BITS_SBA_ISM_NO_OBJ );
+#else
+        push_indice( hMetaData, IND_ISM_NUM_OBJECTS, hEncoderConfig->nchan_ism, NO_BITS_SBA_ISM_NO_OBJ );
+#endif
     }
 
     /* front VAD */
diff --git a/lib_enc/ivas_stat_enc.h b/lib_enc/ivas_stat_enc.h
index 3962ac055f232389b780a957c227cd5a3bd203be..b62a6d507dfc2792e920e1ce5d1729909937bbd8 100644
--- a/lib_enc/ivas_stat_enc.h
+++ b/lib_enc/ivas_stat_enc.h
@@ -1175,6 +1175,10 @@ typedef struct encoder_config_structure
     IVAS_FORMAT ivas_format;                        /* IVAS format */
     int16_t is_binaural;                            /* flag indicating if input is binaural audio */
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+	int16_t lbr_disc_obj;
+#endif
+
     int16_t element_mode_init;                      /* element mode used at initialization */
     int16_t stereo_dmx_evs;                         /* flag to indicate that stereo downmix for EVS encoder */
     int16_t nchan_ism;                              /* number of ISM channels */
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
index 4a4be817345a9cedb37036c02ebdc5a9f0b66992..f3d4e3dc66d443aa2a34f9edea33d5f48893d046 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.c
@@ -548,6 +548,10 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects(
     const IVAS_ENC_SBA_ORDER order,        /* i  : order of the Ambisonics input                                                                       */
     const bool isPlanar,                   /* i  : if true, input is treated as planar Ambisonics                                                      */
     const bool Opt_PCA_ON                  /* i  : PCA option flag                                                                                     */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    ,
+    const bool lbr_disc_obj /* i : Code objects separately in OSBA */
+#endif
 )
 {
     Encoder_Struct *st_ivas;
@@ -568,6 +572,10 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects(
     st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->sba_planar = isPlanar;
     st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->sba_order = order;
 
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->lbr_disc_obj = lbr_disc_obj;
+#endif
+
     /* Input in ACN/SN3D in all cases (3D and planar): get number of channels */
     /*Input file will always contain all channels for a given order irrespective of planar flag*/
     st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->nchan_inp = ivas_sba_get_nchan( st_ivas->hEncoderConfig->sba_order, 0 ) + numObjects;
diff --git a/lib_enc/lib_enc.h b/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
index 2f40c1ab1beda5b883618dbd755b2a68076989f0..bf116152eb2518e8f5f894fe526c6d4e18249529 100644
--- a/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
+++ b/lib_enc/lib_enc.h
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ ivas_error IVAS_ENC_ConfigureForSBAObjects(
     const IVAS_ENC_SBA_ORDER order,                 /* i  : order of the Ambisonics input                                                                       */
     const bool isPlanar,                            /* i  : if true, input is treated as planar Ambisonics                                                      */
     const bool Opt_PCA_ON                           /* i  : PCA option flag                                                                                     */
+#ifdef NONBE_FIX_ISM_XOVER_BR
+    ,
+    const bool lbr_disc_obj                         /* i : Code objects separately in OSBA */
+#endif
 );
 
 /*! r: error code */