CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     Normative References
 3     Definitions and abbreviations
 4     Sending loudness rating (SLR) and receiving loudness ratings (RLR)
 5     Sidetone Masking Rating (STMR) and Listener Sidetone Rating (LSTR)
 6     Sending and receiving sensitivity frequency characteristics for digital telephones
 7     Noise characteristics at sending and receiving
 8     Distortion characteristics at sending and receiving
        8.1     Method 1 (Noise method)
                  8.1.1       Sending  
                  8.1.2       Receiving
        8.2     Method 2 (Sinewave method)
                  8.2.1       Sending  
                  8.2.2       Receiving
 9     Out-of-band signals
        9.1     Sending
        9.2     Receiving
10     Weighted Terminal Coupling Loss (TCLw)
11     Stability loss
12     Delay
13     Input versus output (amplitude) characteristics
Annex A – Variation of gain with input level
        A.1     Sending direction
        A.2     Receiving direction
Annex B – Objective measurement methods for testing
        B.1     Introduction
        B.2     Approaches for testing digital telephones
                  B.2.1       Direct digital processing approach
                  B.2.2       Codec approach
        B.3     Definition of 0 dB reference point
        B.4     Definition of interfaces
        B.5     Codec specification
                  B.5.1       Ideal codec
                  B.5.2       Reference codec
                               B.5.2.1     Analogue interface
                               B.5.2.2     Digital interface
        B.6     Measurement of digital telephone transmission characteristics
                  B.6.1       Sending  
                               B.6.1.1     Sending frequency characteristic
                               B.6.1.2     Sending loudness rating
                               B.6.1.3     Distortion         
                               B.6.1.4     Noise
                               B.6.1.5     Discrimination against out-of-band input signal
                  B.6.2       Receiving
                               B.6.2.1     Receiving frequency characteristic
                               B.6.2.2     Receiving loudness rating
                               B.6.2.3     Distortion         
                               B.6.2.4     Noise
                               B.6.2.5     Spurious out-of-band signals
                  B.6.3       Sidetone 
                               B.6.3.1     Sidetone frequency characteristic
                             B.6.3.1.1     Talker sidetone frequency characteristic
                             B.6.3.1.2     Listener sidetone frequency characteristic
                               B.6.3.2     Sidetone masking rating
                               B.6.3.3     Listener sidetone rating
                  B.6.4       Terminal coupling loss
                  B.6.5       Stability  
                  B.6.6       Delay
                  B.6.7       Input versus output (amplitude) characteristics
                               B.6.7.1     Designed non-linearity
                               B.6.7.2     Linear
                             B.6.7.2.1     Sending
                             B.6.7.2.2     Receiving
Annex C – Distortion allowances