Non-Intrusive Speech Quality Assessment MethodFor CoveringVOIPConditions
M. MehdiHomayounpour MohammadAbareghi · 2008
Voiceoverinternet protocol, andinparticular speech quality assessment andprediction, isanactive areaofresearch. Manymethods havebeendeveloped forthequality assessment ofthetransmitted speech, including intrusive andnon-intrusive methods. Ingeneral, non-intrusive methods areappropriate for livespeechquality assessment. Recently proposed ITU-T standard, P.563, isa non-intrusive methodthathasbeen developed forspeech quality assessment. However, itisnot appropriate forVoIPconditions andyields erroneous results. Inthispaper,theP.563isenhancedforaccurate speech assessment underVoIPconditions.