VoiP Codecs

By Nadeem Unuth
There are many codecs for audio, video, fax and text. Below is a list of the most
common codecs for VoIP. As a user, you may think that you have little to do with what
these are, ut it is always !ood to know a minimum aout these, since you mi!ht have
to make decisions one day relatin! codecs concernin! VoIP in your usiness" or at least
mi!ht one day understand some words in the #reek VoIP $eo$le s$eak% I won&t dra!
you into all the technicalities of codecs, ut will 'ust mention them.
If you are a techie and want to know more aout each one of these codecs in detail, have
a look there.
Common VoIP Codecs
Code
c
Bandwidth/
kbps
Comments
G.711 64
Devers precse speech transmsson. Very ow
processor requrements. Needs at east 128 kbps for
two-way.
G.722 48/56/64
Adapts to varyng compressons and bandwdth s
conserved wth network congeston.
G.723.
1
5.3/6.3
Hgh compresson wth hgh quaty audo. Can use wth
da-up. Lot of processor power.
G.726 16/24/32/40
An mproved verson of G.721 and G.723 (dherent from
G.723.1)
G.729 8
Exceent bandwdth utzaton. Error toerant. Lcense
requred.
GSM 13
Hgh compresson rato. Free and avaabe n many
hardware and software patforms. Same encodng s
used n GSM cephones (mproved versons are often
used nowadays).
LBC 15 Robust to packet oss. Free
Speex 2.15 / 44 Mnmzes bandwdth usage by usng varabe bt rate.
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