Advanced speech quality testing of modern telecommunication equipment: An overview

Signal Processing

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1327-1340

  Gierlich, H W ^a   Kettler, F ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Background noise performance; Double talk performance; Echo performance; Loudness; Network simulations; Noise field simulation; Speech quality; Testing techniques

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; EQUIPMENT TESTING; SPEECH TRANSMISSION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

BACKGROUND NOISE PERFORMANCE; DOUBLE TALK PERFORMANCE; ECHO PERFORMANCE; LOUDNESS; NETWORK SIMULATIONS; NOISE FIELD SIMULATION; SPEECH QUALITY; TESTING TECHNIQUES;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33645912599     PISSN: 01651684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2005.06.024     Document Type: Article

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