Advances in voice quality measurement in modern telecommunications

Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-103

  Mahdi, Abdulhussain E ^a   Picovici, Dorel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Objective voice quality measure; Quality of service (QoS); Subjective listening test; Voice quality; Voice quality measurement (VQM)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSORS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

COMMUNICATION QUALITY; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; OBJECTIVE VOICE QUALITY MEASURE; SERVICE AVAILABILITY; STANDARDISED METHODS; SUBJECTIVE LISTENING TEST; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE QUALITY MEASUREMENTS;

NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 56549103739     PISSN: 10512004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsp.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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