function [ qk ] = quant5_9( a )
%QUANT3_4 Summary of this function goes here
%   Detailed explanation goes here

%Uniform quantization to 4-bits
if ( abs(a) > 1)
    a = a / abs(a);
end

%Yields 0 to 16
qk = round(8*a) + 8;

%chop down to within the 4 bits.
if (qk == 16)
    qk = qk - 1;
end