IEC TR 62251:2003

TECHNICAL IEC
REPORT
TR 62251
First edition
2003-05
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Quality assessment –
Audio-video communication systems
Reference number
IEC/TR 62251:2003(E)

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TECHNICAL IEC
REPORT
TR 62251
First edition
2003-05
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Quality assessment –
Audio-video communication systems
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Configuration for quality assessment . 6
4.1 Input and output channels. 6
4.2 Points of input and output terminals. 7
5 Video quality. 8
5.1 Introduction . 8
5.2 End-to-end tone reproduction . 9
5.3 End-to-end colour reproduction.11
5.4 End-to-end colour differences .12
5.5 End-to-end peak-signal to noise ratio (PSNR).16
5.6 End-to-end objective assessment of video quality.20
6 Audio quality.21
6.1 Perceived audio quality with full-reference signals .
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