Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     General recommendations concerning the subjective quality evaluation of multiparty telemeetings    
 7     Multiparty specific aspects in subjective quality evaluation 
 8     Guidance to suitable test methods 
        8.1     Test method decision criteria
        8.2     Flow charts to be used when selecting test methods  
Annex A – Set-up of a multiparty telemeeting assessment test    
        A.1     Assessment of conversational quality – Conversation tests      
        A.2     Assessment of non-interactive quality – Non-interactive tests
Annex B – Assessment of telemeetings with text-based communication and graphical information means (e.g., web conferencing)    
Annex C – Assessment of video-only telemeetings    
Annex D – Effect of transmission delays on telemeeting quality    
        D.1     Background  
        D.2     Existing test task recommendations  
        D.3     Recommended test tasks       
        D.4     Set-up of a delay test
        D.5     Test subjects
        D.6     Training session          
        D.7     Instructions  
        D.8     Test questions            
        D.9     Objective measurements       
       D.10     Effects of delay          
Annex E – Assessment of spatial audio and 3D video reproduction  of multiparty telemeetings    
        E.1     General remarks         
        E.2     Recommendations concerning spatial audio   
        E.3     Remarks concerning 3D video
Annex F – Assessment of asymmetric multiparty telemeetings    
        F.1     Problem statement   
        F.2     Translation of technical degradations into possible perceptual impairments     
        F.3     Influencing factors     
        F.4     Experiment design     
        F.5     Rating scales 
        F.6     Test stimuli    
        F.7     Data analysis
Annex G – Assessment of multiparty telemeetings with non-stationary quality    
Annex H – Assessment of multiparty telemeetings using multi-dimensional scaling methods    
Appendix I – Influential factors    
Appendix II – Overview of multiparty non-interactive test stimuli and conversation test tasks    
       II.1     Non-interactive audio-only stimuli:      
       II.2     Non-interactive video-only stimuli       
       II.3     Non-interactive audiovisual stimuli      
       II.4     Audio-only conversation tasks
       II.5     Audiovisual conversation tasks              
Appendix III – Examples of multiparty conversation test tasks (audio-only and audiovisual):  Free conversation    
Appendix IV – Examples of multiparty conversation test tasks (audio-only):  Three-party conversation test scenarios 3CTs    
       IV.1     Introduction 
       IV.2     Test scenario development   
       IV.3     Scenario validation    
       IV.4     Cultural aspects          
Appendix V – Examples of multiparty conversation test tasks (audiovisual):  Audiovisual multi-point tasks for three parties  (Survival task, Leavitt task, Brainstorming task)    
        V.1     Overview and most suitable task         
        V.2     Leavitt task   
        V.3     Brainstorming task    
        V.4     Survival task 
Appendix VI – Additional proposals for multiparty conversation test tasks (audiovisual):   Extended survival tasks scenarios and celebrity name guessing task    
       VI.1     Overview and background     
       VI.2     Modification of survival scenarios from Appendix V    
       VI.3     Three additional survival scenarios     
       VI.4     Celebrity name guessing task
Appendix VII – Additional proposals for multiparty conversation test tasks (audiovisual):   Formal and informal multiparty video conferences    
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Appendix VIII – Overview of documents describing suitable test methods    
     VIII.1     Baseline test methods on which the current Recommendation is based             
     VIII.2     Multiparty specific recommendations to adapt the baseline test methods        
     VIII.3     Further test methods, which are referred to in the annexes of this Recommendation    
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