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Workshop on Wideband Speech Quality in Terminals and Networks:
Assessment and Prediction
8th and 9th
June 2004 - Mainz, Germany
VoIP and UMTS are driving
modern developments more and more towards wideband communications. Current
standards provide only limited information about the requirements needed
for both wideband terminals and wideband transmission systems. The e-model
which is widely used is in its current form applicable only to narrow band
communications.Furthermore, wideband communications will be increasingly used in hands-free and video phone applications. The devices used in these applications require non-linear and time variant signal processing in order to guarantee adequate speech quality.
Discussions need to start between researchers, developers and standardization organizations about recent developments and the further work needed to provide superior speech quality to the users of wideband communication systems.
The workshop aims to
- provide an overview of new developments in wideband communications
- discuss general aspects of terminal testing and reference points for wideband terminals: freefield vs. ERP and DRP
- discuss possibilities to integrate non-linear and time variant signal processing into the e-model
- present research and investigations to extend the applicability of the e-model
This workshop is important
for researchers, developers and standardization bodies who are working in
the field of telecommunications and who are interested in the latest
developments in the new generations of communication systems.
Steering committee for the workshop:
| Hans W. Gierlich | HEAD Acoustics GmbH |
| John Horrocks | DTI |
| Jean Yves Monfort | France Telecom |
| Joachim Pomy | Tenovis GmbH |
This workshop is supported by:
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Last updated:
2008-07-07 13:33:33