Optimizing voice-over-IP speech quality using path diversity

2006 IEEE 8th Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-160

  Ghanassi, Mohamed ^a   Kabal, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STORAGE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; ROUTERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

HISTOGRAM; LOSS CONCEALMENT; SPEECH QUALITY; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP);

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34250718592     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMSP.2006.285288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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