Audio transmission over the Internet: Experiments and observations

Lopamudra Roychoudhuri*, Ehab Al-Shaer, Hazem Hamed, Gregory B. Brewster

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The performance of IP telephony systems is highly dependent on the audio codecs and their reaction to packet loss and instantaneous delays. Understanding the interaction between audio encoding and the dynamic behavior of the Internet is significant for designing adaptive audio transport mechanisms. For this purpose, we conducted a large-scale audio transmission experiment over the Internet in a 12-month period using various Internet sites. As a result of this experiment, we have made a number of new observations to assess the audio quality of G.711 and G.728 codecs under different loss and delay conditions. The paper also states a number of recommendations for implementing efficient adaptive FEC and playout mechanisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)552-556
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume1
StatePublished - 2003
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Audio codecs
  • IP telephony
  • Internet experiments
  • Packet audio
  • VoIP

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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