Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for selecting transmission resources in a telecommunications system that comprises different networks, where the techniques are based on the quality of the waveform of transmitted media such as audio or video signals, in contrast to the quality of service of the network that transports the media. The problem with only using quality of service to determine which resources to allocate to a call is that quality of service does not guarantee that the quality experienced by the call's participants is satisfactory just because a component network's quality of service is satisfactory. For example, the end-to-end delay experienced in a VoIP network might be satisfactory for most data transfers, but might still be inadequate to control the echo experienced by telecommunications users. The disclosed techniques evaluate the waveform quality (i.e., in terms of loudness, noise, echo, and so forth) of media that is transmitted along a path and allocate alternative resources accordingly.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for selecting transmission resources in a telecommunications system that comprises different networks, where the techniques are based on the quality of the waveform of transmitted media such as audio or video signals, in contrast to the quality of service of the network that transports the media. The problem with only using quality of service to determine which resources to allocate to a call is that quality of service does not guarantee that the quality experienced by the call's participants is satisfactory just because a component network's quality of service is satisfactory. For example, the end-to-end delay experienced in a VoIP network might be satisfactory for most data transfers, but might still be inadequate to control the echo experienced by telecommunications users. The disclosed techniques evaluate the waveform quality (i.e., in terms of loudness, noise, echo, and so forth) of media that is transmitted along a path and allocate alternative resources accordingly.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for selecting transmission resources in a telecommunications system that comprises different networks, where the techniques are based on the quality of the waveform of transmitted media such as audio or video signals, in contrast to the quality of service of the network that transports the media. The problem with only using quality of service to determine which resources to allocate to a call is that quality of service does not guarantee that the quality experienced by the call's participants is satisfactory just because a component network's quality of service is satisfactory. For example, the end-to-end delay experienced in a VoIP network might be satisfactory for most data transfers, but might still be inadequate to control the echo experienced by telecommunications users. The disclosed techniques evaluate the waveform quality (i.e., in terms of loudness, noise, echo, and so forth) of media that is transmitted along a path and allocate alternative resources accordingly.