| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Transmission Parameters | p. 1 |
| Cautions Concerning Measured Quantities | p. 1 |
| Analog Parameters | p. 4 |
| Transmission Level Point | p. 4 |
| Noise | p. 12 |
| Loss | p. 15 |
| Echo and Delay | p. 16 |
| Return Loss | p. 18 |
| Singing Margin | p. 21 |
| Balance | p. 22 |
| Interference | p. 25 |
| Crosstalk | p. 25 |
| Data Parameters | p. 28 |
| Attenuation Distortion | p. 29 |
| Phase Distortion | p. 32 |
| Frequency Offset | p. 38 |
| Gain, Phase, and Delay Hits | p. 39 |
| Impulse Noise | p. 41 |
| Nonlinear Distortion | p. 42 |
| Tracking Error | p. 45 |
| Phase Jitter | p. 48 |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | p. 49 |
| Single Frequency Interference | p. 51 |
| Eye Patterns | p. 51 |
| Peak-to-Average Ratio | p. 53 |
| Digital Parameters | p. 56 |
| Slips | p. 57 |
| Aliasing | p. 59 |
| Quantizing Noise | p. 60 |
| Total Distortion | p. 65 |
| Jitter | p. 66 |
| Measurement Techniques | p. 67 |
| Balance and Common Mode Rejection | p. 68 |
| Damping | p. 75 |
| Envelope Delay Approximations | p. 76 |
| Impulse Noise | p. 84 |
| Nonlinearity; Four-Tone Method | p. 87 |
| Phase Jitter | p. 95 |
| Amplitude Jitter | p. 98 |
| Phase and Gain Hits | p. 98 |
| Dropouts | p. 98 |
| References | p. 101 |
| Measures of Loudness | p. 103 |
| Definitions | p. 104 |
| Loudness Computation Concept | p. 107 |
| Loudness Equation and Fletcher-Munson Method | p. 112 |
| Masking Contours and the Z Function | p. 115 |
| The EARS or IEEE Loudness Equation | p. 121 |
| Reference Speech Spectrum | p. 125 |
| The S Function | p. 126 |
| The Weighting Function for Speech, q[subscript s] | p. 129 |
| The EARS Equation | p. 139 |
| The CCITT or United Kingdom Loudness Measure | p. 143 |
| p. 149 |
| References | p. 153 |
| Computing Loudness Ratings | p. 155 |
| Objective and Subjective Metrics | p. 156 |
| Terminology | p. 157 |
| Subjective and Objective Test Facilities | p. 166 |
| MRS | p. 167 |
| ARAEN | p. 167 |
| SRAEN | p. 167 |
| NOSFER | p. 168 |
| SIBYL | p. 168 |
| OREM | p. 171 |
| AURAL | p. 171 |
| Transmission Ratings | p. 172 |
| AEN | p. 172 |
| References Equivalents, REs | p. 172 |
| EARS and IEEE Metrics | p. 173 |
| CCITT UK Loudness Rating | p. 177 |
| Reference Equivalent (RE) | p. 182 |
| REs, CREs, and Additivity | p. 185 |
| CCITT Loudness Insertion Loss (LIL) | p. 186 |
| Relations Between Metrics | p. 187 |
| References | p. 194 |
| Measures of Quality | p. 197 |
| Voice Quality | p. 197 |
| Introduction to Voice Quality | p. 197 |
| A Grade-of-Service Model | p. 198 |
| Data Base Descriptors A and B | p. 206 |
| Classifying Transmission Ratings, R[subscript y] | p. 209 |
| Detail of R[subscript LN] | p. 210 |
| Models for Other Parameters | p. 215 |
| Model Equations in the CCITT Metrics | p. 223 |
| Data Quality | p. 226 |
| Transmission Line Simulators | p. 227 |
| Modem Testing | p. 227 |
| Performance Statistics | p. 229 |
| Error Rate Estimation | p. 234 |
| Defining Acceptability | p. 235 |
| References | p. 238 |
| Voice Terminals | p. 239 |
| Station Sets | p. 239 |
| Transmitters | p. 239 |
| Receivers | p. 242 |
| Hybrid Devices | p. 245 |
| Sidetone | p. 247 |
| Digital Handsets | p. 249 |
| Handset Design Factors | p. 251 |
| Room Noise | p. 253 |
| Specialty Handsets | p. 253 |
| Optimizing GoS | p. 255 |
| Loop Effects on Transmission Ratings | p. 255 |
| Noise Considerations | p. 260 |
| Variable Loop Lengths | p. 265 |
| References | p. 268 |
| Networks | p. 269 |
| Private Networks | p. 270 |
| Two-Wire and Four-Wire Trunks | p. 275 |
| Hubs | p. 275 |
| Metropolitan Tandem Networks | p. 277 |
| Hierarchical Structure | p. 277 |
| Dynamic Nonhierarchical Routing | p. 280 |
| Large Private Switched Arrangements | p. 280 |
| Network Loss Plans | p. 282 |
| International Connections | p. 290 |
| International Analog Networks | p. 290 |
| International Digital Networks | p. 296 |
| Exchange Area | p. 300 |
| References | p. 308 |
| Applications | p. 309 |
| The Environment | p. 309 |
| Variables and Options | p. 314 |
| Choosing a Balance Network | p. 317 |
| Model Detail | p. 319 |
| Summary of Transmission Rating Equations | p. 323 |
| Initial Design | p. 326 |
| Noise Performance Improvement | p. 344 |
| Level Optimization | p. 346 |
| Sidetone Control | p. 349 |
| Modal Distance Effects | p. 352 |
| Evaluation and Comment | p. 354 |
| Data Transmission Considerations | p. 356 |
| p. 359 |
| References | p. 365 |
| Glossary | p. 367 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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