ETSI ES 202 738 V1.5.1 (2017-01)

Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking and handsfree terminals from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user

RES/STQ-243

Kakovost prenosa govora in večpredstavnih vsebin (STQ) - Prenosne zahteve za ozkopasovne zvočniške in prostoročne terminale VoIP glede na kakovost storitev (QoS), kot jih dojema uporabnik

V tem dokumentu so podane zahteve glede učinkovitosti prenosa govora za ozkopasovne zvočniške in prostoročne terminale VoIP; obravnava vse vrste terminalov na podlagi naslova IP, vključno z brezžičnimi in programskimi telefoni ter terminali za skupinske zvočne klice.
V nasprotju z ostalimi standardi, ki opredeljujejo minimalne zahteve glede učinkovitosti, je namen tega dokumenta določiti zahteve za terminalsko opremo, ki proizvajalcem in ponudnikom storitev omogočajo, da zagotavljajo dobro kakovost govora od začetka do konca, kot jo dojema uporabnik.
Poleg osnovnih preskusnih postopkov ta dokument opisuje napredne preskusne postopke, ki upoštevajo še druge parametre kakovosti, kot jih dojema uporabnik.
OPOMBA: Ta dokument ne zadeva naglavnih terminalov.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 04-Jan-2017
• Technical Committee: STQ - Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality
• Current Stage: 12 - Completion
• Due Date: 09-Jan-2017
• Completion Date: 05-Jan-2017
• Ref Project: SIST ES 202 738 V1.5.1:2017 - Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ) - Transmission requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking and handsfree terminals from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user

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ETSI ES 202 738 V1.5.1 (2017-01)






ETSI STANDARD
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for narrowband
VoIP loudspeaking and handsfree terminals
from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user

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Reference
RES/STQ-243
Keywords
handsfree, loudspeaking, narrowband, quality,
speech, terminal, VoIP
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 Default Coding Algorithm . 10
4.2 End-to-end considerations . 10
5 Test equipment . 10
5.1 IP half channel measurement adaptor . 10
5.2 Environmental conditions for tests . 10
5.3 Accuracy of measurements and test signal generation . 11
5.4 Network impairment simulation . 11
5.5 Acoustic environment . 12
5.6 Influence of terminal delay on measurements . 12
6 Requirements and associated measurement methodologies . 13
6.1 Notes . 13
6.2 Test setup. 13
6.2.1 General . 13
6.2.2 Setup for terminal . 14
6.2.2.1 Hands-free measurements . 14
6.2.2.2 Measurements in loudspeaking mode . 18
6.2.3 Test signal levels . 18
6.2.3.1 Send. 18
6.2.3.2 Receive . 19
6.2.4 Setup of background noise simulation . 19
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 20
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 20
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 21
6.3.3 Mic mute . 21
6.3.4 Send distortion . 21
6.3.5 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 22
6.3.6 Send noise . 23
6.3.7 Terminal Coupling Loss weighted (TCLw) . 23
6.3.8 Stability loss. 23
6.3.9 Receive frequency response . 24
6.3.10 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 26
6.3.11 Receive Distortion . 27
6.3.12 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 28
6.3.13 Receive noise . 28
6.3.14 Double talk performance . 29
6.3.14.1 General . 29
6.3.14.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 29
H,S,dt
6.3.14.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 30
H,R,dt
6.3.14.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 31
6.3.14.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 32
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6.3.15 Switching characteristics . 32
6.3.15.1 Note . 32
6.3.15.2 Activation in send direction . 32
6.3.15.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 33
6.3.16 Background noise performance . 33
6.3.16.1 Performance in send direction in the presence of background noise . 33
6.3.16.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 34
6.3.16.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 35
6.3.17 Quality of echo cancellation . 35
6.3.17.1 Temporal echo effects . 35
6.3.17.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 36
6.3.17.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 37
6.3.17.4 Variable echo path. 37
6.3.18 Variant impairments; network dependant . 38
6.3.18.1 Clock accuracy send . 38
6.3.18.2 Clock accuracy receive . 38
6.3.18.3 Send delay variation . 38
6.3.19 Send and receive delay - round trip delay . 39
6.4 Codec specific requirements. 41
6.4.1 Objective listening speech quality MOS-LQO in send direction . 41
6.4.2 Objective listening quality MOS-LQO in receive direction . 42
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 43
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 46
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 49
History . 50

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Intellectual Property Rights
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pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Speech and multimedia Transmission
Quality (STQ).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Traditionally, the analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the
fast growth of IP networks, terminals directly interfacing packet-switched networks (VoIP) are being rapidly
introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include specifically designed IP phones, soft phones or other devices
connected to the IP based networks and providing telephony service. Since the IP networks will be in many cases
interworking with the traditional PSTN and private networks, many of the basic transmission requirements have to be
harmonised with specifications for traditional digital terminals. However, due to the unique characteristics of the IP
networks including packet loss, delay, etc. new performance specification, as well as appropriate measuring methods,
will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex. Advanced signal processing is used to address
the IP specific issues. Also, the VoIP terminals may use other than 64 kbit/s PCM (Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7])
speech algorithms.
The advanced signal processing of terminals is targeted to speech signals. Therefore, wherever possible speech signals
are used for testing in order to achieve mostly realistic test conditions and meaningful results.
The present document provides speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking and
hands-free terminals.
NOTE: Requirement limits are given in tables, the associated curve when provided is given for illustration.
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1 Scope
The present document will provide speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking
and hands-free terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless, softphones and group audio
terminals.
In contrast to other standards which define minimum performance requirements it is the intention of the present
document to specify terminal equipment requirements which enable manufacturers and service providers to enable good
quality end-to-end speech performance as perceived by the user.
In addition to basic testing procedures, the present document describes advanced testing procedures taking into account
further quality parameters as perceived by the user.
NOTE: The present document does not concern headset terminals.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI I-ETS 300 245-3: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Technical characteristics of
telephony terminals; Part 3: Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) A-law, loudspeaking and handsfree
telephony".
[2] ETSI EN 300 726: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Enhanced Full
Rate (EFR) speech transcoding (GSM 06.60)".
[3] ETSI TS 126 171: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive
Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; General description (3GPP TS 26.171)".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[7] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T G.726: "40, 32, 24, 16 kbit/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code
Modulation (ADPCM)".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
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[11] Recommendation ITU-T G.729.1: "G.729-based embedded variable bit-rate coder: An 8-32 kbit/s
scalable wideband coder bitstream interoperable with G.729".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T O.41: "Psophometer for use on telephone-type circuits".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.50: "Artificial voices".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.310: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital handset and
headset telephones".
[18] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[19] Recommendation ITU-T P.342: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital
loudspeaking and hands-free telephony terminals".
[20] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[23] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters -
Part 1: Specifications".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) terminology".
[25] ETSI ES 202 396-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 1: Background noise simulation technique
and background noise database".
[26] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality assessment".
[28] ETSI ES 202 737: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission
requirements for narrowband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as
perceived by the user".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[30] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 396-3: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech Quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 3: Background noise transmission -
Objective test methods".
[i.3] NIST Net.
NOTE: Available at https://www-x.antd.nist.gov/itg/nistnet/.
[i.4] Netem.
NOTE: Available at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Netem.
[i.5] ETSI EG 201 377-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Specification and
measurement of speech transmission quality; Part 1: Introduction to objective comparison
measurement methods for one-way speech quality across networks".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
artificial ear: device for the calibration of earphones incorporating an acoustic coupler and a calibrated microphone for
the measurement of the sound pressure and having an overall acoustic impedance similar to that of the median adult
human ear over a given frequency band
codec: combination of an analogue-to-digital encoder and a digital-to-analogue decoder operating in opposite directions
of transmission in the same equipment
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
freefield equalization: artificial head is equalized in such a way that for frontal sound incidence in anechoic conditions
the frequency response of the artificial head is flat
freefield reference point: point located in the free sound field, at least in 1,5 m distance from a sound source radiating
in free air
NOTE: In case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in the centre of the artificial head with no artificial head
present.
group audio terminal: handsfree terminal primarily designed for use by several users which will not be equipped with
a handset
handsfree telephony terminal: telephony terminal using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a telephone
receiver and which can be used without a handset
HATS Hands-Free Reference Point (HATS HFRP): corresponds to a reference point "n" from Recommendation
ITU-T P.58 [15]: "n" is one of the points numbered from 11 to 17 and defined in table 6a of Recommendation ITU-T
P.58 [15] (coordinates of far field front point)
NOTE: The HATS HFRP depends on the location(s) of the microphones of the terminal under test: the
appropriate axis lip-ring/HATS HFRP is to be as close as possible to the axis lip-ring/HFT microphone
under test.
Head And Torso Simulator (HATS) for telephonometry: manikin extending downward from the top of the head to
the waist, designed to simulate the sound pick-up characteristics and the acoustic diffraction produced by a median
human adult and to reproduce the acoustic field generated by the human mouth
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loudspeaking function: function of a handset telephone using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a
telephone receiver
Mouth Reference Point (MRP): point located on axis and 25 mm in front of the lip plane of a mouth simulator
nominal setting of the volume control: setting which is closest to the nominal RLR
softphone: speech communication system based upon a computer
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AM-FM Amplitude Modulation - Frequency Modulation
AMR Adaptative Multi-Rate
CS Composite Source
CSS Composite Source Signal
DRP ear Drum Reference Point
EC Echo Canceller
EL Echo Loss
ERP Ear Reference Point
ETH Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
FFT Fast Fourrier Transform
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
HATS Head And Torso Simulator
HFRP Hands Free Reference Point
HFT HandsFree Terminal
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IP Internet Protocol
IPDV IP Packet Delay Variation
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication standardization sector
LAN Local Area Network
LE Earphone coupling Loss
MOS Mean Opinion Score
MOS-LQOy Mean Opinion Score - Listening Quality Objective
NOTE: y being N for narrow-band, W for wideband, M for mixed and S for superwideband. See
Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1 [24].
MRP Mouth Reference Point
NIST Net Network Simulation Tool from National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLP Non Linear Processor
PC Personal Computer
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PDA Personal Digital Assistance
POLQA Perceptual Objective Listening Quality Assessment
PLC Packet Loss Concealment
PN PseudoNoise
POI Point Of Interconnect
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS Quality of Service
RLR Receive Loudness Rating
RLR max Receive Loudness Rating corresponding to the maximum setting of the volume control
RLR min Receive Loudness Rating corresponding to the minimum setting of the volume control
RMS Root Mean Square
SLR Send Loudness Rating
TCLw Terminal Coupling Loss (weighted)
TCN Trace Control for Netem
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
xDSL any Digital Subscriber Line technology
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4 General considerations
4.1 Default Coding Algorithm
VoIP terminals shall support the coding algorithm according to Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7] (both µ-law and
A-law). VoIP terminals may support other coding algorithms.
NOTE: Packet Loss Concealment as defined in e.g. appendix I of Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7] should be
used.
4.2 End-to-end considerations
In order to achieve a desired end-to-end speech transmission performance (mouth-to-ear) it is recommended that
general rules of transmission planning tasks are carried out with the E-model taking into account that E model does not
directly address handsfree or loudspeaking terminals; this includes the a-priori determination of the desired category of
speech transmission quality as defined in Recommendation I
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ETSI STANDARD
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for narrowband
VoIP loudspeaking and handsfree terminals
from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user

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Reference
RES/STQ-243
Keywords
handsfree, loudspeaking, narrowband, quality,
speech, terminal, VoIP
ETSI
650 Route des Lucioles
F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: [phone]  Fax: [phone]

Siret N° 348 623 562 00017 - NAF 742 C
Association à but non lucratif enregistrée à la
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 8
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 Default Coding Algorithm . 10
4.2 End-to-end considerations . 10
5 Test equipment . 11
5.1 IP half channel measurement adaptor . 11
5.2 Environmental conditions for tests . 11
5.3 Accuracy of measurements and test signal generation . 11
5.4 Network impairment simulation . 12
5.5 Acoustic environment . 13
5.6 Influence of terminal delay on measurements . 13
6 Requirements and associated measurement methodologies . 13
6.1 Notes . 13
6.2 Test setup. 13
6.2.1 General . 13
6.2.2 Setup for terminal . 14
6.2.2.1 Hands-free measurements . 14
6.2.2.2 Measurements in loudspeaking mode . 19
6.2.3 Test signal levels . 19
6.2.3.1 Send. 19
6.2.3.2 Receive . 20
6.2.4 Setup of background noise simulation . 20
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 21
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 21
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 22
6.3.3 Mic mute . 22
6.3.4 Send distortion . 22
6.3.5 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 23
6.3.6 Send noise . 24
6.3.7 Terminal Coupling Loss weighted (TCLw) . 24
6.3.8 Stability loss. 24
6.3.9 Receive frequency response . 25
6.3.10 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 27
6.3.11 Receive Distortion . 28
6.3.12 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 29
6.3.13 Receive noise . 29
6.3.14 Double talk performance . 30
6.3.14.1 General . 30
6.3.14.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 30
H,S,dt
6.3.14.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 31
H,R,dt
6.3.14.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 32
6.3.14.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 33
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6.3.15 Switching characteristics . 33
6.3.15.1 Note . 33
6.3.15.2 Activation in send direction . 33
6.3.15.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 34
6.3.16 Background noise performance . 34
6.3.16.1 Performance in send direction in the presence of background noise . 34
6.3.16.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.16.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 36
6.3.17 Quality of echo cancellation . 36
6.3.17.1 Temporal echo effects . 36
6.3.17.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 37
6.3.17.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 38
6.3.17.4 Variable echo path. 38
6.3.18 Variant impairments; network dependant . 39
6.3.18.1 Clock accuracy send . 39
6.3.18.2 Clock accuracy receive . 39
6.3.18.3 Send delay variation . 39
6.3.19 Send and receive delay - round trip delay . 40
6.4 Codec specific requirements. 42
6.4.1 Objective listening speech quality MOS-LQO in send direction . 42
6.4.2 Objective listening quality MOS-LQO in receive direction . 43
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 44
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 47
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 50
History . 51

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server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This final draft ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Speech and multimedia
Transmission Quality (STQ), and is now submitted for the ETSI standards Membership Approval Procedure.
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Traditionally, the analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the
fast growth of IP networks, terminals directly interfacing packet-switched networks (VoIP) are being rapidly
introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include specifically designed IP phones, soft phones or other devices
connected to the IP based networks and providing telephony service. Since the IP networks will be in many cases
interworking with the traditional PSTN and private networks, many of the basic transmission requirements have to be
harmonised with specifications for traditional digital terminals. However, due to the unique characteristics of the IP
networks including packet loss, delay, etc. new performance specification, as well as appropriate measuring methods,
will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex. Advanced signal processing is used to address
the IP specific issues. Also, the VoIP terminals may use other than 64 kbit/s PCM (Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7])
speech algorithms.
The advanced signal processing of terminals is targeted to speech signals. Therefore, wherever possible speech signals
are used for testing in order to achieve mostly realistic test conditions and meaningful results.
The present document provides speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking and
hands-free terminals.
NOTE: Requirement limits are given in tables, the associated curve when provided is given for illustration.
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1 Scope
The present document will provide speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking
and hands-free terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless, softphones and group audio
terminals.
In contrast to other standards which define minimum performance requirements it is the intention of the present
document to specify terminal equipment requirements which enable manufacturers and service providers to enable good
quality end-to-end speech performance as perceived by the user.
In addition to basic testing procedures, the present document describes advanced testing procedures taking into account
further quality parameters as perceived by the user.
NOTE: The present document does not concern headset terminals.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI I-ETS 300 245-3: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Technical characteristics of
telephony terminals; Part 3: Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) A-law, loudspeaking and handsfree
telephony".
[2] ETSI EN 300 726: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Enhanced Full
Rate (EFR) speech transcoding (GSM 06.60)".
[3] ETSI TS 126 171: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive
Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; General description (3GPP TS 26.171)".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[7] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T G.726: "40, 32, 24, 16 kbit/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code
Modulation (ADPCM)".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
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[11] Recommendation ITU-T G.729.1: "G.729-based embedded variable bit-rate coder: An 8-32 kbit/s
scalable wideband coder bitstream interoperable with G.729".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T O.41: "Psophometer for use on telephone-type circuits".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.50: "Artificial voices".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.310: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital handset and
headset telephones".
[18] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[19] Recommendation ITU-T P.342: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital
loudspeaking and hands-free telephony terminals".
[20] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[23] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters -
Part 1: Specifications".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) terminology".
[25] ETSI ES 202 396-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 1: Background noise simulation technique
and background noise database".
[26] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality assessment".
[28] ETSI ES 202 737: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission
requirements for narrowband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as
perceived by the user".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[30] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
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2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 396-3: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech Quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 3: Background noise transmission -
Objective test methods".
[i.3] NIST Net.
NOTE: Available at http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/itg/nistnet/.
[i.4] Netem.
NOTE: Available at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Netem.
[i.5] ETSI EG 201 377-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Specification and
measurement of speech transmission quality; Part 1: Introduction to objective comparison
measurement methods for one-way speech quality across networks".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
artificial ear: device for the calibration of earphones incorporating an acoustic coupler and a calibrated microphone for
the measurement of the sound pressure and having an overall acoustic impedance similar to that of the median adult
human ear over a given frequency band
codec: combination of an analogue-to-digital encoder and a digital-to-analogue decoder operating in opposite directions
of transmission in the same equipment
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
freefield equalization: artificial head is equalized in such a way that for frontal sound incidence in anechoic conditions
the frequency response of the artificial head is flat
freefield reference point: point located in the free sound field, at least in 1,5 m distance from a sound source radiating
in free air
NOTE: In case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in the centre of the artificial head with no artificial head
present.
group audio terminal: handsfree terminal primarily designed for use by several users which will not be equipped with
a handset
handsfree telephony terminal: telephony terminal using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a telephone
receiver and which can be used without a handset
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HATS Hands-Free Reference Point (HATS HFRP): corresponds to a reference point "n" from Recommendation
ITU-T P.58 [15]: "n" is one of the points numbered from 11 to 17 and defined in table 6a of Recommendation
ITU-T P.58 [15] (coordinates of far field front point)
NOTE: The HATS HFRP depends on the location(s) of the microphones of the terminal under test: the
appropriate axis lip-ring/HATS HFRP is to be as close as possible to the axis lip-ring/HFT microphone
under test.
Head And Torso Simulator (HATS) for telephonometry: manikin extending downward from the top of the head to
the waist, designed to simulate the sound pick-up characteristics and the acoustic diffraction produced by a median
human adult and to reproduce the acoustic field generated by the human mouth
loudspeaking function: function of a handset telephone using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a
telephone receiver
Mouth Reference Point (MRP): point located on axis and 25 mm in front of the lip plane of a mouth simulator
nominal setting of the volume control: setting which is closest to the nominal RLR
softphone: speech communication system based upon a computer
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AM-FM Amplitude Modulation - Frequency Modulation
AMR Adaptative Multi-Rate
CS Composite Source
CSS Composite Source Signal
DRP ear Drum Reference Point
EC Echo Canceller
EL Echo Loss
ERP Ear Reference Point
ETH Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
FFT Fast Fourrier Transform
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
HATS Head And Torso Simulator
HFRP Hands Free Reference Point
HFT HandsFree Terminal
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IP Internet Protocol
IPDV IP Packet Delay Variation
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication standardization sector
LAN Local Area Network
LE Earphone coupling Loss
MOS Mean Opinion Score
MOS-LQOy Mean Opinion Score - Listening Quality Objective
NOTE: y being N for narrow-band, W for wideband, M for mixed and S for superwideband. See
Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1 [24].
MRP Mouth Reference Point
NIST Net Network Simulation Tool from National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLP Non Linear Processor
PC Personal Computer
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PDA Personal Digital Assistance
POLQA Perceptual objective listening quality assessment
PLC Packet Loss Concealment
PN PseudoNoise
POI Point Of Interconnect
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
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QoS Quality of Service
RLR max Receive Loudness Rating corresponding to the maximum setting of the volume control
RLR min Receive Loudness Rating corresponding to the minimum setting of the volume control
RLR Receive Loudness Rating
RMS Root Mean Square
SLR Send Loudness Rating
TCLw Terminal Coupling Loss (weighted)
TCN Trace Control for Netem
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
xDSL any Digital Subscriber Line technology
4 General considerations
4.1 Default Coding Algorithm
VoIP terminals shall support the coding algorithm according to Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7] (both µ-law and
A-law). VoIP terminals may support other coding algorithms.
NOTE: Packet Loss Concealment as defined in e.g. appendix I of Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7] should be
used.
4.2 End-to-end considerations
In order to achieve a desired end-to-end speech transmission performance (mouth-to-ear) it is recommended that
general rules of transmission planning tasks are carried out with the E-model taking into account that E
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ETSI STANDARD
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for narrowband
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Reference
RES/STQ-243
Keywords
handsfree, loudspeaking, narrowband, quality,
speech, terminal, VoIP
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 References . 6
2.1 Normative references . 6
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Definitions . 8
3.2 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 Default Coding Algorithm . 10
4.2 End-to-end considerations . 10
5 Test equipment . 10
5.1 IP half channel measurement adaptor . 10
5.2 Environmental conditions for tests . 10
5.3 Accuracy of measurements and test signal generation . 11
5.4 Network impairment simulation . 11
5.5 Acoustic environment . 12
5.6 Influence of terminal delay on measurements . 12
6 Requirements and associated measurement methodologies . 13
6.1 Notes . 13
6.2 Test setup. 13
6.2.1 General . 13
6.2.2 Setup for terminal . 14
6.2.2.1 Hands-free measurements . 14
6.2.2.2 Measurements in loudspeaking mode . 18
6.2.3 Test signal levels . 18
6.2.3.1 Send. 18
6.2.3.2 Receive . 19
6.2.4 Setup of background noise simulation . 19
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 20
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 20
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 21
6.3.3 Mic mute . 21
6.3.4 Send distortion . 21
6.3.5 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 22
6.3.6 Send noise . 23
6.3.7 Terminal Coupling Loss weighted (TCLw) . 23
6.3.8 Stability loss. 23
6.3.9 Receive frequency response . 24
6.3.10 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 26
6.3.11 Receive Distortion . 27
6.3.12 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 28
6.3.13 Receive noise . 28
6.3.14 Double talk performance . 29
6.3.14.1 General . 29
6.3.14.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 29
H,S,dt
6.3.14.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 30
H,R,dt
6.3.14.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 31
6.3.14.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 32
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6.3.15 Switching characteristics . 32
6.3.15.1 Note . 32
6.3.15.2 Activation in send direction . 32
6.3.15.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 33
6.3.16 Background noise performance . 33
6.3.16.1 Performance in send direction in the presence of background noise . 33
6.3.16.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 34
6.3.16.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 35
6.3.17 Quality of echo cancellation . 35
6.3.17.1 Temporal echo effects . 35
6.3.17.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 36
6.3.17.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 37
6.3.17.4 Variable echo path. 37
6.3.18 Variant impairments; network dependant . 38
6.3.18.1 Clock accuracy send . 38
6.3.18.2 Clock accuracy receive . 38
6.3.18.3 Send delay variation . 38
6.3.19 Send and receive delay - round trip delay . 39
6.4 Codec specific requirements. 41
6.4.1 Objective listening speech quality MOS-LQO in send direction . 41
6.4.2 Objective listening quality MOS-LQO in receive direction . 42
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 43
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 46
Annex B (informative): Bibliography . 49
History . 50

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Intellectual Property Rights
IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web
server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee
can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web
server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Speech and multimedia Transmission
Quality (STQ).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Traditionally, the analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the
fast growth of IP networks, terminals directly interfacing packet-switched networks (VoIP) are being rapidly
introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include specifically designed IP phones, soft phones or other devices
connected to the IP based networks and providing telephony service. Since the IP networks will be in many cases
interworking with the traditional PSTN and private networks, many of the basic transmission requirements have to be
harmonised with specifications for traditional digital terminals. However, due to the unique characteristics of the IP
networks including packet loss, delay, etc. new performance specification, as well as appropriate measuring methods,
will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex. Advanced signal processing is used to address
the IP specific issues. Also, the VoIP terminals may use other than 64 kbit/s PCM (Recommendation ITU-T G.711 [7])
speech algorithms.
The advanced signal processing of terminals is targeted to speech signals. Therefore, wherever possible speech signals
are used for testing in order to achieve mostly realistic test conditions and meaningful results.
The present document provides speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking and
hands-free terminals.
NOTE: Requirement limits are given in tables, the associated curve when provided is given for illustration.
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1 Scope
The present document will provide speech transmission performance requirements for narrowband VoIP loudspeaking
and hands-free terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless, softphones and group audio
terminals.
In contrast to other standards which define minimum performance requirements it is the intention of the present
document to specify terminal equipment requirements which enable manufacturers and service providers to enable good
quality end-to-end speech performance as perceived by the user.
In addition to basic testing procedures, the present document describes advanced testing procedures taking into account
further quality parameters as perceived by the user.
NOTE: The present document does not concern headset terminals.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI I-ETS 300 245-3: "Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Technical characteristics of
telephony terminals; Part 3: Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) A-law, loudspeaking and handsfree
telephony".
[2] ETSI EN 300 726: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+) (GSM); Enhanced Full
Rate (EFR) speech transcoding (GSM 06.60)".
[3] ETSI TS 126 171: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System (UMTS); LTE; Speech codec speech processing functions; Adaptive
Multi-Rate - Wideband (AMR-WB) speech codec; General description (3GPP TS 26.171)".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[7] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T G.726: "40, 32, 24, 16 kbit/s Adaptive Differential Pulse Code
Modulation (ADPCM)".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
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[11] Recommendation ITU-T G.729.1: "G.729-based embedded variable bit-rate coder: An 8-32 kbit/s
scalable wideband coder bitstream interoperable with G.729".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T O.41: "Psophometer for use on telephone-type circuits".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.50: "Artificial voices".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.310: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital handset and
headset telephones".
[18] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[19] Recommendation ITU-T P.342: "Transmission characteristics for narrow-band digital
loudspeaking and hands-free telephony terminals".
[20] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[23] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters -
Part 1: Specifications".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) terminology".
[25] ETSI ES 202 396-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 1: Background noise simulation technique
and background noise database".
[26] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality assessment".
[28] ETSI ES 202 737: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission
requirements for narrowband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as
perceived by the user".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[30] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
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The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 396-3: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Speech Quality
performance in the presence of background noise; Part 3: Background noise transmission -
Objective test methods".
[i.3] NIST Net.
NOTE: Available at https://www-x.antd.nist.gov/itg/nistnet/.
[i.4] Netem.
NOTE: Available at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Netem.
[i.5] ETSI EG 201 377-1: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Specification and
measurement of speech transmission quality; Part 1: Introduction to objective comparison
measurement methods for one-way speech quality across networks".
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:
artificial ear: device for the calibration of earphones incorporating an acoustic coupler and a calibrated microphone for
the measurement of the sound pressure and having an overall acoustic impedance similar to that of the median adult
human ear over a given frequency band
codec: combination of an analogue-to-digital encoder and a digital-to-analogue decoder operating in opposite directions
of transmission in the same equipment
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
freefield equalization: artificial head is equalized in such a way that for frontal sound incidence in anechoic conditions
the frequency response of the artificial head is flat
freefield reference point: point located in the free sound field, at least in 1,5 m distance from a sound source radiating
in free air
NOTE: In case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in the centre of the artificial head with no artificial head
present.
group audio terminal: handsfree terminal primarily designed for use by several users which will not be equipped with
a handset
handsfree telephony terminal: telephony terminal using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a telephone
receiver and which can be used without a handset
HATS Hands-Free Reference Point (HATS HFRP): corresponds to a reference point "n" from Recommendation
ITU-T P.58 [15]: "n" is one of the points numbered from 11 to 17 and defined in table 6a of Recommendation ITU-T
P.58 [15] (coordinates of far field front point)
NOTE: The HATS HFRP depends on the location(s) of the microphones of the terminal under test: the
appropriate axis lip-ring/HATS HFRP is to be as close as possible to the axis lip-ring/HFT microphone
under test.
Head And Torso Simulator (HATS) for telephonometry: manikin extending downward from the top of the head to
the waist, designed to simulate the sound pick-up characteristics and the acoustic diffraction produced by a median
human adult and to reproduce the acoustic field generated by the human mouth
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loudspeaking function: function of a handset telephone using a loudspeaker associated with an amplifier as a
telephone receiver
Mouth Reference Point (MRP): point located on axis and 25 mm in front of the lip plane of a mouth simulator
nominal setting of the volume control: setting which is closest to the nominal RLR
softphone: speech communication system based upon a computer
3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AM-FM Amplitude Modulation - Frequency Modulation
AMR Adaptative Multi-Rate
CS Composite Source
CSS Composite Source Signal
DRP ear Drum Reference Point
EC Echo Canceller
EL Echo Loss
ERP Ear Reference Point
ETH Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
FFT Fast Fourrier Transform
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
HATS Head And Torso Simulator
HFRP Hands Free Reference Point
HFT HandsFree Terminal
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IP Internet Protocol
IPDV IP Packet Delay Variation
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication standardization sector
LAN Local Area Network
LE Earphone coupling Loss
MOS Mean Opinion Score
MOS-LQOy Mean Opinion Score - Listening Quality Objective
NOTE: y being N for narrow-band, W for wideband, M for mixed and S for superwideband. See
Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1 [24].
MRP Mouth Reference Point
NIST Net Network Simulation Tool from National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NLP Non Linear Processor
PC Personal Computer
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PDA Personal Digital Assistance
POLQA Perceptual Objective Listening Quality Assessment
PLC Packet Loss Concealment
PN PseudoNoise
POI Point Of Interconnect
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
QoS Quality of Service
RLR Receive Loudness Rating
RLR max Receive Loudness Rating corresponding to the maximum setting of the v
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