Perceptual coding of audio signals is increasingly used in the transmission and storage of high-quality digital audio, and there is a strong demand for an acceptable objective method to measure the quality of such signals. A new measurement method is described that combines ideas from several earlier methods. The method should meet the requirements of the user community, and it has been recommended by ITU Radiocommunication study groups.

Authors: Thiede, Thilo; Treurniet, William C.; Bitto, Roland; Schmidmer, Christian; Sporer, Thomas; Beerends, John G.; Colomes, Catherine
Affiliations: Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany ; Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; Fraunhofer institute for Integrated Circuits, Erlangen, Germany ; 0PTICOM, Erlangen, Germany ; Royal PTT Nederland NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands ; Centre Commun d'Etudes de Telediffusion et Telecommunications, Rennes, France ; lnstitut fur Rundfunktechnik,Munich, Germany ; Deutsche Telekom Berkom, Berlin, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
JAES Volume 48 Issue 1/2 pp. 3-29; February 2000
Publication Date: February 1, 2000

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