Last updated: November 7, 2012
This section is only applicable to the feature-licensed lab application or test application.
Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ), as defined in the ITU-T P.862 standard, is a objective method to test the speech quality of the mobile station. The objectivity is based on the comparison to the traditional MOS (Mean Opinion Score) method in which a group of listeners are used to rate the voice quality to a value ranging from 1(bad) to 5 (excellent).
When the speech source is set to PESQ, the test set supports the PESQ measurement by comparing the original signal with the received signal passed through a communication system. After the PESQ analysis, a score is given ranging from -0.5 to 4.5. A higher score means a better speech quality.
There are three modes provided for this measurement: Uplink Audio, Downlink Audio and Both.
The parameters shown in the PESQ Setup menu include:
Uplink Audio
is selected, the test set generates the original signal and analyzes the received uplink signal from the mobile to perform the PESQ measurement. When
Downlink Audio
is selected, the test set generates the original signal and analyzes the signal at its
AUDIO IN
port. If the
Measurement Mode
is set to Both, the test set performs the uplink and the downlink PESQ measurement simultaneously. It is suggested to do the uplink and downlink PESQ measurement respectively although the test set supports the "Both" measurement mode. This is because some mobile phones have bad isolation between their audio in and audio out path. If performing the downlink and uplink measurement simultaneously, the uplink measurement will be affected a lot by the Downlink measurement.
Male
and
Female
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In Progress
or
Completed
. GPIB Commands: SETup:GPESuality , FETCh:GPESquality
Measuring Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ)
Programming a Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality Measurement
Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality Measurement Troubleshooting