CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations   
 5     Conventions     
 6     General description of GSTN transport network equipment for interconnecting GSTN and IP networks (TIGIN)    
 7     Interfaces   
        7.1     IP bearer interfaces
        7.2     GSTN (TDM) bearer interfaces     
        7.3     TIGIN control interfaces    
        7.4     TDM signalling interface     
        7.5     Management interface        
 8     TIGIN functionality          
        8.1     Signal processing functions 
        8.2     Speech quality       
        8.3     Switching
        8.4     Clock recovery and synchronization           
        8.5     Security  
        8.6     Additional features 
        8.7     Management functions and management system interfaces   
Appendix I – Overview of the location of TIGIN gateways in end-to-end connections    
Appendix II – Further information on performance/interworking and synchronization    
       II.1     Performance/interworking   
       II.2     RTP timestamps     
Appendix III – TIGIN equipment arrangements    
Appendix IV – Mapping of E-model (G.107) parameters from IETF RFC 3611 metrics and determining R-factor    
       IV.1     The E-model        
       IV.2     Parameters related to delay           
       IV.3     Parameters related to packet loss  
       IV.4     Parameters related to noise           
       IV.5     Parameters related to signal level and loudness      
       IV.6     Parameters related to Echo           
       IV.7     Calculating R, MOS-LQ and MOS-CQ values     
BIBLIOGRAPHY