Perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ)-a new method for speech quality assessment of telephone networks and codecs

Author

Rix, Antony W. ; Beerends, John G. ; Hollier, Michael P. ; Hekstra, Andries P.

Author_Institution

PsyTechnics, Ipswich, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

749

Abstract

Previous objective speech quality assessment models, such as bark spectral distortion (BSD), the perceptual speech quality measure (PSQM), and measuring normalizing blocks (MNB), have been found to be suitable for assessing only a limited range of distortions. A new model has therefore been developed for use across a wider range of network conditions, including analogue connections, codecs, packet loss and variable delay. Known as perceptual evaluation of speech quality (PESQ), it is the result of integration of the perceptual analysis measurement system (PAMS) and PSQM99, an enhanced version of PSQM. PESQ is expected to become a new ITU-T recommendation P.862, replacing P.861 which specified PSQM and MNB

Keywords

delays; packet switching; speech codecs; speech intelligibility; telecommunication equipment testing; telephone networks; ITU-T recommendation P.862; PAMS; PSQM99; analogue connections; measuring normalizing blocks; objective speech quality assessment models; packet loss; perceptual analysis measurement system; perceptual evaluation of speech quality; perceptual speech quality measure; speech codecs; telephone networks; variable delay; Degradation; Delay effects; Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear filters; Quality assessment; Signal processing; Speech analysis; Speech codecs; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2001. Proceedings. (ICASSP '01). 2001 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Salt Lake City, UT

ISSN

1520-6149

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7041-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICASSP.2001.941023

Filename

941023