Linksys SPA 900 SERIES manual SPA901 Features, SPA92x, SPA94x, SPA962, Ensuring Voice Quality

Chapter 1 Introducing Linksys IP Phones

Linksys IP Phone Features

SPA901 Features

The SPA901 provides the following features that are not needed with the Linksys IP phones that provide an LCD display:

•Built-in Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system to check status and change configuration

•Ringer and Handset Volume Controls

•Handset Input Gain Adjustment

SPA92x, SPA94x, SPA962

The SPA921, SPA922, SPA941, SPA942, and SPA962 provide an LCD display and additional features that are not provided with the SPA901, including the following:

•Line Status Indicators: Active Line, Name, and Number

•Menu-Driven User Interface

•Digits Dialed with Number Auto-Completion

•Caller ID Name and Number and Outbound Caller ID Blocking

•On-Hook Dialing

•Redial from Call Logs

•Personal Directory with Auto-dial (100 entries)

•On Hook Default Audio Configuration (Speakerphone and Headset)

•Called Number with Directory Name Matching

•Call Number using Name - Directory Matching or via Caller ID

•Subsequent Incoming Calls with Calling Name and Number

•Name and Identity (Text) Displayed at Start Up

•Distinctive Ringing Based on Calling and Called Number

Ensuring Voice Quality

Voice quality perceived by the subscribers of the IP Telephony service should be indistinguishable from that of the PSTN. Voice quality can be measured with such methods as Perceptual Speech Quality Measurement (PSQM), with a scale of 1–5, in which lower is better; and Mean Opinion Score (MOS), with a scale of 1–5, in which higher is better.

Table 1-2displays speech quality metrics associated with various audio compression algorithms. For information about bandwidth requirements for each supported codec, refer to Table 2-1 on page 2-10.

Table 1-2 Speech Quality Metrics

		Algorithm	Complexity	MOS Score
		G.711	Very low	4.5
		G.726	Low	4.1 (32 kbps)
		G.729a	Low–medium	4
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