GL Announces Acoustic Echo Canceller (AEC) Compliance Test Software

“Specifically, the application uses GL’s T1 E1 Analyzer products and customers AEC hardware or software to perform Acoustic Echo Canceller testing. Rin and Sin files (Stimulus and Echo) are prepared by Automated AEC Test Software in accordance with user inputs and Rout and Sout are captured and processed”.

He added, “As depicted in the below diagram, Rin is the source signal (from the far end), which goes through Acoustic Echo Canceller (AEC) and Sout is the echo cancelled signal, which comes out of AEC. The leakage from Rout to Sin is due to the acoustic echo. The module, which includes AEC, Rin, Rout, Sin and Sout, can be a Sound Card, a Mobile Phone, a Regular Phone, an IP Phone, or a SpeakerPhone”.

Mr. Kulkarni added, “AutoAECTest performs a full analysis (with detailed displays) that results in a Pass or Fail”. And Supports *.csv and *.xls format files for reporting AEC Test results analysis”.
AEC Testing Scenarios

Stimulus / Simulation all Digital (TDM Applications): In this scenario, the AEC is assumed to be located in the network. Acoustic echoes are simulated within the GL’s T1 E1 platforms digitally. The generation of the stimulus signal and the capture of the response signal is also performed by GL’s T1 E1 platforms.

Stimulus / Simulation all Analog (Mobile Phone Applications): In this scenario, the AEC is assumed to be in a mobile phone and accessed thru an analog interface. Again GL’s T1 E1 platforms with analog interfaces are used to convert analog signals to digital and subsequent processing is performed digitally Level adjustment accessories are used between mobile phone and the Dual T1 E1 card to accommodate various signal levels and impedances.

Stimulus RTP (Ethernet) / Simulation Analog or Digital - (VoIP IP Phone Applications): In this scenario, the stimulus and response signals are generated by GL’s RTP Toolbox™ thru an Ethernet interface and simulation is performed digitally by GL’s T1 E1 platforms, whether accessed thru analog or digital interfaces.
Important features

* Simulates an actual acoustic echo path with acoustic filter types (Small, Medium, Large Office), Echo path delays and losses
* Features such as filter, attenuate, and delay are available as well as slow filter coefficient variation as a function of time to simulate a real acoustic environment
* Real-time as well as off-line analysis with tabular Pass/Fail results
* Simulate acoustic echo for Analog (Mobile Phone), digital (Gateway ), and Packet (VoIP IP Phone) applications
* Auto or Manual control of the AEC during testing
* Auto analysis of the response according to G.167 (03/1993) & P.340 (05/2000) requirements
* Detailed graphical and tabular results for individual and overall tests
* Generation of report with the plots (Report Analysis)
* Options to recalculate test parameter across different region in the waveform (Plot Results)
* Option to zoom-in on any test results to investigate further
* Supported on Windows XP with user-friendly Graphical User Interface
* Compatible with GL’s Universal HD T1 E1 cards and USB Portable T1 E1 units