ETSI ES 202 739 V1.8.1 (2020-05)
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission requirements for wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); Transmission requirements for wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user
RES/STQ-276
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Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband
VoIP terminals (handset and headset)
from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user
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RES/STQ-276
Keywords
quality, speech, telephony, terminal, VoIP,
wideband
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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 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 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 . 12
6.1 Notes . 12
6.2 Test setup. 12
6.2.1 General . 12
6.2.2 Setup for handsets and headsets . 13
6.2.3 Position and calibration of HATS . 14
6.2.4 Test signal levels . 14
6.2.5 Setup of background noise simulation . 14
6.2.6 Setup of variable echo path . 14
6.2.7 Setup for testing positionial robustness of handsets . 16
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 17
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 17
6.3.1.1 Send frequency response - nominal position . 17
6.3.1.2 Send frequency response - positional robustness . 18
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 18
6.3.2.1 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - nominal position . 18
6.3.2.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - positional robustness . 19
6.3.3 Mic mute . 19
6.3.4 Quality of send AGC (Automatic Gain Control) . 19
6.3.5 Send distortion . 19
6.3.6 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 20
6.3.7 Send noise . 21
6.3.8 SideTone Masking Rating STMR (mouth to ear) . 21
6.3.9 Sidetone delay . 22
6.3.10 Terminal Coupling Loss (TCL) . 22
6.3.11 Stability loss. 23
6.3.12 Receive frequency response . 24
6.3.12.1 Receive frequency response - nominal position . 24
6.3.12.2 Receive frequency response - positional robustness . 27
6.3.13 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 27
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6.3.13.1 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - nominal position . 27
6.3.13.2 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - positional robustness . 28
6.3.14 Receive distortion . 28
6.3.15 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 29
6.3.16 Minimum activation level and sensitivity in receive direction . 29
6.3.17 Receive noise . 29
6.3.18 Automatic level control in receive . 30
6.3.19 Double talk performance . 30
6.3.19.1 General . 30
6.3.19.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 30
H,S,dt
6.3.19.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 31
H,R,dt
6.3.19.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 32
6.3.19.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 33
6.3.20 Switching characteristics . 34
6.3.20.1 Note . 34
6.3.20.2 Activation in send direction . 34
6.3.20.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 34
6.3.21 Background noise performance . 35
6.3.21.1 Performance in send in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 36
6.3.21.4 Positional Robustness of Speech Quality in the Presence of Background Noise . 37
6.3.22 Quality of echo cancellation . 37
6.3.22.1 Temporal echo effects . 37
6.3.22.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 38
6.3.22.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 38
6.3.22.4 Variable echo path. 38
6.3.23 Variant impairments . 39
6.3.23.1 Clock accuracy send . 39
6.3.23.2 Clock accuracy receive . 39
6.3.23.3 Send packet delay variation. 40
6.3.24 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 speech quality MOS-LQO in receive direction. 43
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 45
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 47
Annex B (informative): Optimum frequency responses for wideband transmission in receive
direction - underlying subjective experiments . 50
Annex C (informative): Bibliography . 52
History . 53
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Intellectual Property Rights
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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, analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the fast
growth of IP networks, wideband terminals providing higher audio-bandwidth and directly interfacing packet-switched
networks (VoIP) are being rapidly introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include gateways, 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 measurement methods, will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex,
advanced signal processing is used to address the IP specific issues.
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 wideband VoIP handset and headset
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 provides speech transmission performance requirements for 8 kHz wideband VoIP handset and
headset terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless and soft phones.
DECT terminals are covered in ETSI EN 300 175-8 [i.9] and ETSI EN 300 176-2 [i.10].
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.
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
https://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] Recommendation ITU-T G.107: "The E-model: a computational model for use in transmission
planning".
[2] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[3] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[4] Void.
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.722: "7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.1: "Low-complexity coding at 24 and 32 kbit/s for hands-free
operation in systems with low frame loss".
[7] 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".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T P.57: "Artificial ears".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[11] Recommendation ITU-T P.64: "Determination of sensitivity/frequency characteristics of local
telephone systems".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.380: "Electro-acoustic measurements on headsets".
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[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[18] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters - Part 1:
Specifications".
[19] TIA-920.130 Revision B (April 2018): "Telecommunications Communications Products
Transmission Requirements for Digital Interface Communications Devices with Headsets".
[20] ETSI TS 103 224: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); A sound field
reproduction method for terminal testing including a background noise database".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality prediction".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application Guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[23] 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".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[25] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.2: "Wideband coding of speech at around 16 kbit/s using Adaptive
Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB)".
[26] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[28] Recommendation ITU-T G.107.1: "Wideband E-Model".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[30] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
[31] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
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 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".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
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[i.3] 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.4] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) Terminology".
[i.5] Netem™.
NOTE: Available at https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/netem.
[i.6] DAGA 2008: "Testing Wideband Terminals", March 10-13, Dresden, Proceedings. Poschen S.,
Kettler F., Raake A., Spors S.
[i.7] ETSI ES 202 739 (V1.2.1): "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS
perspective as perceived by the user".
[i.8] IETF RFC 4737: "Packet Reordering Metrics".
[i.9] ETSI EN 300 175-8: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common
Interface (CI); Part 8: Speech and audio coding and transmission".
[i.10] ETSI EN 300 176-2: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Test
specification; Part 2: Audio and speech".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms 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
diffuse field equalization: equalization of the HATS sound pick-up, equalization of the difference, in dB, between the
spectrum level of the acoustic pressure at the ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP) and the spectrum level of the acoustic
pressure at the HATS Reference Point (HRP) in a diffuse sound field with the HATS absent using the reverse nominal
curve given in Table 3 of Recommendation ITU-T P.58 [10]
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
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 (in case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in the centre of the artificial head with no artificial head
present)
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
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: when a receive volume control is provided, the setting which is closest to the
nominal RLR of 2 dB
reordering: packet order changes during transfer over the network [i.8], packets arrive out of order at the receiver
(i.e. RTP packets)
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3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AM-FM Amplitude Modulation-Frequency Modulation
AMR-WB Adaptive Multi Rate - Wideband
CS Composite Source
CSS Composite Source
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ETSI STANDARD
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband
VoIP terminals (handset and headset)
from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user
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Reference
RES/STQ-276
Keywords
quality, speech, telephony, terminal, VoIP,
wideband
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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 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 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 . 12
6.1 Notes . 12
6.2 Test setup. 12
6.2.1 General . 12
6.2.2 Setup for handsets and headsets . 13
6.2.3 Position and calibration of HATS . 14
6.2.4 Test signal levels . 14
6.2.5 Setup of background noise simulation . 14
6.2.6 Setup of variable echo path . 14
6.2.7 Setup for testing positionial robustness of handsets . 16
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 17
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 17
6.3.1.1 Send frequency response - nominal position . 17
6.3.1.2 Send frequency response - positional robustness . 18
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 18
6.3.2.1 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - nominal position . 18
6.3.2.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - positional robustness . 19
6.3.3 Mic mute . 19
6.3.4 Quality of send AGC (Automatic Gain Control) . 19
6.3.5 Send distortion . 19
6.3.6 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 20
6.3.7 Send noise . 21
6.3.8 SideTone Masking Rating STMR (mouth to ear) . 21
6.3.9 Sidetone delay . 22
6.3.10 Terminal Coupling Loss (TCL) . 22
6.3.11 Stability loss. 23
6.3.12 Receive frequency response . 24
6.3.12.1 Receive frequency response - nominal position . 24
6.3.12.2 Receive frequency response - positional robustness . 27
6.3.13 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 27
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6.3.13.1 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - nominal position . 27
6.3.13.2 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - positional robustness . 28
6.3.14 Receive distortion . 28
6.3.15 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 29
6.3.16 Minimum activation level and sensitivity in receive direction . 29
6.3.17 Receive noise . 29
6.3.18 Automatic level control in receive . 30
6.3.19 Double talk performance . 30
6.3.19.1 General . 30
6.3.19.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 30
H,S,dt
6.3.19.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 31
H,R,dt
6.3.19.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 32
6.3.19.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 33
6.3.20 Switching characteristics . 34
6.3.20.1 Note . 34
6.3.20.2 Activation in send direction . 34
6.3.20.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 34
6.3.21 Background noise performance . 35
6.3.21.1 Performance in send in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 36
6.3.21.4 Positional Robustness of Speech Quality in the Presence of Background Noise . 37
6.3.22 Quality of echo cancellation . 37
6.3.22.1 Temporal echo effects . 37
6.3.22.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 38
6.3.22.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 38
6.3.22.4 Variable echo path. 38
6.3.23 Variant impairments . 39
6.3.23.1 Clock accuracy send . 39
6.3.23.2 Clock accuracy receive . 39
6.3.23.3 Send packet delay variation. 40
6.3.24 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 speech quality MOS-LQO in receive direction. 43
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 45
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 47
Annex B (informative): Optimum frequency responses for wideband transmission in receive
direction - underlying subjective experiments . 50
Annex C (informative): Bibliography . 52
History . 53
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables 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
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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, analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the fast
growth of IP networks, wideband terminals providing higher audio-bandwidth and directly interfacing packet-switched
networks (VoIP) are being rapidly introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include gateways, 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 measurement methods, will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex,
advanced signal processing is used to address the IP specific issues.
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 wideband VoIP handset and headset
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 provides speech transmission performance requirements for 8 kHz wideband VoIP handset and
headset terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless and soft phones.
DECT terminals are covered in ETSI EN 300 175-8 [i.9] and ETSI EN 300 176-2 [i.10].
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.
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
https://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] Recommendation ITU-T G.107: "The E-model: a computational model for use in transmission
planning".
[2] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[3] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[4] Void.
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.722: "7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.1: "Low-complexity coding at 24 and 32 kbit/s for hands-free
operation in systems with low frame loss".
[7] 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".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T P.57: "Artificial ears".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[11] Recommendation ITU-T P.64: "Determination of sensitivity/frequency characteristics of local
telephone systems".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.380: "Electro-acoustic measurements on headsets".
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[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[18] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters - Part 1:
Specifications".
[19] TIA-920.130 Revision B (April 2018): "Telecommunications Communications Products
Transmission Requirements for Digital Interface Communications Devices with Headsets".
[20] ETSI TS 103 224: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); A sound field
reproduction method for terminal testing including a background noise database".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality prediction".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application Guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[23] 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".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[25] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.2: "Wideband coding of speech at around 16 kbit/s using Adaptive
Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB)".
[26] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[28] Recommendation ITU-T G.107.1: "Wideband E-Model".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[30] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
[31] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
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 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".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
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[i.3] 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.4] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) Terminology".
[i.5] Netem™.
NOTE: Available at https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/netem.
[i.6] DAGA 2008: "Testing Wideband Terminals", March 10-13, Dresden, Proceedings. Poschen S.,
Kettler F., Raake A., Spors S.
[i.7] ETSI ES 202 739 (V1.2.1): "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS
perspective as perceived by the user".
[i.8] IETF RFC 4737: "Packet Reordering Metrics".
[i.9] ETSI EN 300 175-8: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common
Interface (CI); Part 8: Speech and audio coding and transmission".
[i.10] ETSI EN 300 176-2: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Test
specification; Part 2: Audio and speech".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms 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
diffuse field equalization: equalization of the HATS sound pick-up, equalization of the difference, in dB, between the
spectrum level of the acoustic pressure at the ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP) and the spectrum level of the acoustic
pressure at the HATS Reference Point (HRP) in a diffuse sound field with the HATS absent using the reverse nominal
curve given in Table 3 of Recommendation ITU-T P.58 [10]
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
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 (in case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in the centre of the artificial head with no artificial head
present)
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
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: when a receive volume control is provided, the setting which is closest to the
nominal RLR of 2 dB
reordering: packet order changes during transfer over the network [i.8], packets arrive out of order at the receiver
(i.e. RTP packets)
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3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviati
...
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST ES 202 739 V1.8.1:2020
01-julij-2020
Kakovost prenosa govora in večpredstavnih vsebin (STQ) - Prenosne zahteve za
širokopasovne terminale VoIP (ročne in naglavne) glede na kakovost storitev
(QoS), kot jo dojema uporabnik
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ) - Transmission requirements for
wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS perspective as perceived by
the user
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI ES 202 739 V1.8.1 (2020-05)
ICS:
33.050.01 Telekomunikacijska Telecommunication terminal
terminalska oprema na equipment in general
splošno
SIST ES 202 739 V1.8.1:2020 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
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ETSI STANDARD
Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband
VoIP terminals (handset and headset)
from a QoS perspective as perceived by the user
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Reference
RES/STQ-276
Keywords
quality, speech, telephony, terminal, VoIP,
wideband
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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 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 8
3.1 Terms . 8
3.2 Symbols . 9
3.3 Abbreviations . 9
4 General considerations . 10
4.1 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 . 12
6.1 Notes . 12
6.2 Test setup. 12
6.2.1 General . 12
6.2.2 Setup for handsets and headsets . 13
6.2.3 Position and calibration of HATS . 14
6.2.4 Test signal levels . 14
6.2.5 Setup of background noise simulation . 14
6.2.6 Setup of variable echo path . 14
6.2.7 Setup for testing positionial robustness of handsets . 16
6.3 Coding independent parameters . 17
6.3.1 Send frequency response . 17
6.3.1.1 Send frequency response - nominal position . 17
6.3.1.2 Send frequency response - positional robustness . 18
6.3.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR). 18
6.3.2.1 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - nominal position . 18
6.3.2.2 Send Loudness Rating (SLR) - positional robustness . 19
6.3.3 Mic mute . 19
6.3.4 Quality of send AGC (Automatic Gain Control) . 19
6.3.5 Send distortion . 19
6.3.6 Out-of-band signals in send direction . 20
6.3.7 Send noise . 21
6.3.8 SideTone Masking Rating STMR (mouth to ear) . 21
6.3.9 Sidetone delay . 22
6.3.10 Terminal Coupling Loss (TCL) . 22
6.3.11 Stability loss. 23
6.3.12 Receive frequency response . 24
6.3.12.1 Receive frequency response - nominal position . 24
6.3.12.2 Receive frequency response - positional robustness . 27
6.3.13 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) . 27
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6.3.13.1 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - nominal position . 27
6.3.13.2 Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) - positional robustness . 28
6.3.14 Receive distortion . 28
6.3.15 Out-of-band signals in receive direction . 29
6.3.16 Minimum activation level and sensitivity in receive direction . 29
6.3.17 Receive noise . 29
6.3.18 Automatic level control in receive . 30
6.3.19 Double talk performance . 30
6.3.19.1 General . 30
6.3.19.2 Attenuation range in send direction during double talk A . 30
H,S,dt
6.3.19.3 Attenuation range in receive direction during double talk A . 31
H,R,dt
6.3.19.4 Detection of echo components during double talk . 32
6.3.19.5 Minimum activation level and sensitivity of double talk detection . 33
6.3.20 Switching characteristics . 34
6.3.20.1 Note . 34
6.3.20.2 Activation in send direction . 34
6.3.20.3 Silence suppression and comfort noise generation . 34
6.3.21 Background noise performance . 35
6.3.21.1 Performance in send in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.2 Speech quality in the presence of background noise . 35
6.3.21.3 Quality of background noise transmission (with far end speech). 36
6.3.21.4 Positional Robustness of Speech Quality in the Presence of Background Noise . 37
6.3.22 Quality of echo cancellation . 37
6.3.22.1 Temporal echo effects . 37
6.3.22.2 Spectral echo attenuation . 38
6.3.22.3 Occurrence of artefacts . 38
6.3.22.4 Variable echo path. 38
6.3.23 Variant impairments . 39
6.3.23.1 Clock accuracy send . 39
6.3.23.2 Clock accuracy receive . 39
6.3.23.3 Send packet delay variation. 40
6.3.24 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 speech quality MOS-LQO in receive direction. 43
6.4.3 Quality of jitter buffer adjustment . 45
Annex A (informative): Processing delays in VoIP terminals . 47
Annex B (informative): Optimum frequency responses for wideband transmission in receive
direction - underlying subjective experiments . 50
Annex C (informative): Bibliography . 52
History . 53
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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables 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
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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, analogue and digital telephones were interfacing switched-circuit 64 kbit/s PCM networks. With the fast
growth of IP networks, wideband terminals providing higher audio-bandwidth and directly interfacing packet-switched
networks (VoIP) are being rapidly introduced. Such IP network edge devices may include gateways, 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 measurement methods, will have to be developed. Terminals are getting increasingly complex,
advanced signal processing is used to address the IP specific issues.
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 wideband VoIP handset and headset
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 provides speech transmission performance requirements for 8 kHz wideband VoIP handset and
headset terminals; it addresses all types of IP based terminals, including wireless and soft phones.
DECT terminals are covered in ETSI EN 300 175-8 [i.9] and ETSI EN 300 176-2 [i.10].
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.
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
https://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] Recommendation ITU-T G.107: "The E-model: a computational model for use in transmission
planning".
[2] Recommendation ITU-T G.108: "Application of the E-model: A planning guide".
[3] Recommendation ITU-T G.109: "Definition of categories of speech transmission quality".
[4] Void.
[5] Recommendation ITU-T G.722: "7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s".
[6] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.1: "Low-complexity coding at 24 and 32 kbit/s for hands-free
operation in systems with low frame loss".
[7] 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".
[8] Recommendation ITU-T P.56: "Objective measurement of active speech level".
[9] Recommendation ITU-T P.57: "Artificial ears".
[10] Recommendation ITU-T P.58: "Head and torso simulator for telephonometry".
[11] Recommendation ITU-T P.64: "Determination of sensitivity/frequency characteristics of local
telephone systems".
[12] Recommendation ITU-T P.79: "Calculation of loudness ratings for telephone sets".
[13] Recommendation ITU-T P.340: "Transmission characteristics and speech quality parameters of
hands-free terminals".
[14] Recommendation ITU-T P.380: "Electro-acoustic measurements on headsets".
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[15] Recommendation ITU-T P.501: "Test signals for use in telephonometry".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T P.502: "Objective test methods for speech communication systems using
complex test signals".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T P.581: "Use of head and torso simulator for hands-free and handset
terminal testing".
[18] IEC 61260-1: "Electroacoustics - Octave-band and fractional-octave-band filters - Part 1:
Specifications".
[19] TIA-920.130 Revision B (April 2018): "Telecommunications Communications Products
Transmission Requirements for Digital Interface Communications Devices with Headsets".
[20] ETSI TS 103 224: "Speech and multimedia Transmission Quality (STQ); A sound field
reproduction method for terminal testing including a background noise database".
[21] Recommendation ITU-T P.863: "Perceptual objective listening quality prediction".
[22] Recommendation ITU-T P.863.1: "Application Guide for Recommendation ITU-T P.863".
[23] 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".
[24] Recommendation ITU-T P.1010: "Fundamental voice transmission objectives for VoIP terminals
and gateways".
[25] Recommendation ITU-T G.722.2: "Wideband coding of speech at around 16 kbit/s using Adaptive
Multi-Rate Wideband (AMR-WB)".
[26] IETF RFC 3550: "RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications".
[27] Recommendation ITU-T G.122: "Influence of national systems on stability and talker echo in
international connections".
[28] Recommendation ITU-T G.107.1: "Wideband E-Model".
[29] Recommendation ITU-T G.711: "Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies".
[30] Recommendation ITU-T G.729: "Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate-structure algebraic-
code-excited linear prediction (CS-ACELP)".
[31] Recommendation ITU-T G.723.1: "Dual rate speech coder for multimedia communications
transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 kbit/s".
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 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".
[i.2] ETSI EG 202 425: "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ); Definition and
implementation of VoIP reference point".
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[i.3] 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.4] Recommendation ITU-T P.800.1: "Mean Opinion Score (MOS) Terminology".
[i.5] Netem™.
NOTE: Available at https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/netem.
[i.6] DAGA 2008: "Testing Wideband Terminals", March 10-13, Dresden, Proceedings. Poschen S.,
Kettler F., Raake A., Spors S.
[i.7] ETSI ES 202 739 (V1.2.1): "Speech Processing, Transmission and Quality Aspects (STQ);
Transmission requirements for wideband VoIP terminals (handset and headset) from a QoS
perspective as perceived by the user".
[i.8] IETF RFC 4737: "Packet Reordering Metrics".
[i.9] ETSI EN 300 175-8: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Common
Interface (CI); Part 8: Speech and audio coding and transmission".
[i.10] ETSI EN 300 176-2: "Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT); Test
specification; Part 2: Audio and speech".
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms 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
diffuse field equalization: equalization of the HATS sound pick-up, equalization of the difference, in dB, between the
spectrum level of the acoustic pressure at the ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP) and the spectrum level of the acoustic
pressure at the HATS Reference Point (HRP) in a diffuse sound field with the HATS absent using the reverse nominal
curve given in Table 3 of Recommendation ITU-T P.58 [10]
ear-Drum Reference Point (DRP): point located at the end of the ear canal, corresponding to the ear-drum position
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 (in case of a head and torso simulator (HATS) in th
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