Could Skype be more satisfying? a QoE-centric study of the FEC mechanism in an internet-scale VoIP system

IEEE Network

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 42-48

  Huang, Te Yuan ^a   Huang, Polly ^b   Chen, Kuan Ta ^c   Wang, Po Jung ^c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO QUALITY; MEAN OPINION SCORES; NETWORK IMPAIRMENTS; OPTIMAL LEVEL; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCES; USER SATISFACTION; VOICE STREAM; VOIP SYSTEMS;

INTERNET TELEPHONY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

REDUNDANCY;

EID: 77949546308     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2010.5430143     Document Type: Article

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