New models for perceived voice quality prediction and their applications in playout buffer optimization for VoIP networks

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1478-1483

  Sun, Lingfen ^a   Ifeachor, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

MEAN OPINION SCORE (MOS); VOICE QUALITY PREDICTION; WEIBULL DELAY;

VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 4143050199     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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