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VoiceFinder AP2120 VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Version 1.00
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flexibility.
Each CODEC provides a certain quality of speech. The quality of transmitted
speech is a subjective response of the listener. A common benchmark used to
determine the quality of sound produced by specific CODECs is the mean
opinion score (MOS). With MOS, a wide range of listeners judge the quality of a
voice sample (corresponding to a particular CODEC) on a scale of 1 (bad) to 5
(excellent). The scores are averaged to provide the mean opinion score for
that sample. Table 5-1shows the relationship between CODECs and MOS
scores
Compression
Method
Bit Rate
(kbps)
Processing
(MIPS)
Framing
Size
MOS Score
G.711 PCM 64 0.34 0.125 4.1
G.729 CS-ACELP 8 20 10 3.92
G.729a CS-ACELP 8 10.5 10 3.7
G.723.1 MP-MLQ 6.3 16 30 3.9
G.723.1 ACELP 5.3 16 30 3.65
[Table 5-1Compression Methods and MOS Scores]
Although it might seem logical from a financial standpoint to convert all calls to
low-bit rate CODECs to save on infrastructure costs, you should exercise
additional care when designing voice networks with low-bit rate compression.
There are drawbacks to compressing voice. One of the main drawbacks is
signal distortion due to multiple encoding (called tandem encoding). For
example, when a G.729 voice signal is tandem encoded three times, the MOS
score drops from 3.92 (very good) to 2.68 (unacceptable).
Another drawback is CODEC-induced delay with low bit-rate CODECs.
There
are two kinds of delay inherent in today's telephony networks: propagation
delay and handling delay. Propagation delay is caused by the characteristics
of the speed of light traveling via a fiber-optic-based or copper-based media.
Handling delay (sometimes called serialization delay) is caused by the devices
that handle voice information. Handling delays have a significant impact on
voice quality in a packetized network.
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