How to monitor the audio quality on a Yealink device

The audio quality can easily be monitored in a Yealink device. If your customer experience audio issues, you can activate the monitoring on a Yealink device. Please follow the steps below:

 

  1. Login into you Yealink device
  2. Go to "Settings" in the top-menu
  3. Go to "Voice monitoring" and set the following options:

 

 

Now press "Confirm" and make a test call for at least two minutes. After the test call, you can see the results:

  1. Go to "Settings" in the top-menu
  2. Go to "RTP Status" in the left-menu

 

Here you can find the following information:

Start Time The exact start time of the call End Time The exact end time of the call
Local user SIP account used for the call Remote user Internal number user
Local IP local IP address of the SIP phone Remote IP The IP-address from Kwebbl used for the call
Local port local port used for the call Remote port Remote port used for the call
Local CODEC Local CODEC used for the call Remote CODEC CODEC used from Kwebbl
Jitter indicating variations in packet arrival time JitterBufferMax indicating variations in packet arrival time
Packetloss The amount of packets lost during the call NetworkPacketLossRate The amount of packets lost during the call
MOS-LQ Quality score Listener  MOS-CQ Quality score conversation

 

Extra information:

Packet Loss - If Packets are lost during a call, the user will hear an audio drop or 'glitch'. In most scenarios the packets are lost in the local network or internet connection from the customer. 

 

MOS - Mean Opinion Score -  is a measure used to give a call a score. The MOS is expressed as a single rational number, typically in the range 1–5, where 1 is lowest perceived quality, and 5 is the highest perceived quality. VoIP calls often are in the 3.5 to 4.2 MOS range.  The following chart can be used as a guide for VoIP MOS testing and a good comparison for voice quality.

 

4.3 - 5.0 Very satisfied
4.0 - 4.3 Satisfied
3.6 - 4.0 Some users are satisfied 
3.1 - 3.6 Many users dissatisfied
2.6 - 3.1 Nearly all users are dissatisfied
1.0 - 2.6 All users are dissatisfied