CONTENTS

 1     Scope, purpose and application
        1.1     Scope
        1.2     Purpose
        1.3     Application
 2     Terminology
 3     Acronyms and Abbreviations
 4     References
 5     Performance of hybrid Internet/PSTN connections
 6     Transmission channel characteristics of IP networks
 7     Speech performance (end-to-end)
        7.1     Speech coder performance
                  7.1.1     E-Model equipment impairment factors (eifs)
                  7.1.2     Tandeming performance
                  7.1.3     Other considerations for speech coders
        7.2     Effects of transmission errors and packet loss
                  7.2.1     Bit errors
                  7.2.2     Packet loss
        7.3     Loudness ratings and terminal characteristics
        7.4     Delay and echo
                  7.4.1     Delay
                  7.4.2     Delay variation
                  7.4.3     Echo control
        7.5     Temporal (syllable) clipping
        7.6     Environmental (acoustic) noise
        7.7     Idle channel noise
        7.8     Noise contrast and comfort noise
        7.9     Bandwidth
       7.10     Stability loss
       7.11     Distortion
 8     Speech transmission planning in hybrid networks
 9     Non-voice transmission (end-to-end)