Voice quality statistics are stored as records (called "intervals") of 100 seconds or less in length. They record the events that occur between IP endpoints that have established voice streams in each direction (see diagram below). There is a separate set of intervals recorded for each stream. For example a call of 213 seconds length, would consists of two 100-second intervals, and one 13-second interval (the last interval).
NOTE: MiVoice Business has a temporary cyclic database of 5000 statistics records that is archived on the MiVoice Enterprise Manager. When you display statistics using the Voice Quality Statistics form, you are seeing a "snapshot" of the last 5000 records. For statistics that extend farther back, you must use the report generation capabilities of Enterprise Manager or a voice quality monitoring tool .
For more information:
The voice quality statistics form reports the following statistics for supported IP phones:
Field |
Description |
Sequence Number |
A system-generated number indicating the consecutive arrival of statistic reports from IP end points. |
Interval Start |
Time and date of the report interval. |
Interval Number |
A IP end point-generated number identifying the particular consecutive interval report during an extended IP voice stream |
Directory Number |
The directory number of the phone that is gathering statistics. This field is blank for E2T statistics. Displays MSvr for x86 based controllers (MiVoice Business for Industry Standard Server, MiVoice Business Virtual, and EX Controller). |
Packets Received |
The number of packets received in an interval. |
Packet Loss |
The total number of lost voice packets per interval. |
Average Jitter (ms) |
Average interval jitter value (ms). |
Delay (ms) |
Total transit time for a voice packet from the voice stream source to the destination. This is a monitored service metric with a configurable threshold that triggers an SNMP trap when reached. |
Interval Length (sec) |
The length of the interval in seconds. Usually 100 seconds (the final interval may be less). |
Last Report |
Indicates if the interval is the last report in the stream. |
MAC Address |
The Media Access Control (MAC) address of the IP end point. |
IP Address |
The IP address of the endpoint. |
Voice Port (UDP) |
The UDP port number used to receive voice streams. |
Signal Port (TCP) |
The port used by the receiving device for MiNet messaging with MiVoice Business. |
Subnet |
The IP address of the subnet containing the IP end point. |
Far End IP Address |
The IP address of the far end IP end point. |
Far End Voice Port |
The destination UDP port for the voice stream. |
Endpoint Context |
Indicates if the endpoint is one of the following: a directly connected IP set, an E2T, or a Teleworker. |
Endpoint Type |
Device type, for example, the 5220 IP phone. |
CODEC |
The last CODEC used in the call. Possible values include: G711-ulaw, G711-alaw, or G729a. |
Maximum Jitter (ms) |
Maximum jitter value in milliseconds during report the interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (10-19 ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter within 10-19 ms. during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (20-39 ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter within 20- 39 ms. during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (40-59 ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter within 40-59 ms. during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (60-99 ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter within 60-99 ms. during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (100-199 ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter within 100-199 ms. during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Histogram (>199ms) |
The number of incidents of jitter greater than 199 ms during the report interval. (Not available for 69xx IP Phones.) |
Jitter Buffer Overflow |
The number of audio packets discarded due to excessive jitter during the report interval. |
Jitter Buffer Underflow |
Counts of milliseconds of silent packets inserted while the jitter buffer is empty because packets were delayed or missing during the report interval. |
Jitter Buffer Average Depth |
Indicates how much of the adaptive buffer is used on average. |
Jitter Buffer Max Depth |
Indicates the maximum depth the adaptive buffer had to accomodate at the worst jitter over the interval. |
Packet Loss Max Burst |
Maximum number of consecutive packets lost per interval. |
Packet Loss Histogram (1 packet) |
The number of incidents of 1 lost packet during the report interval. |
Packet Loss Histogram (2 packets) |
The number of incidents of 2 consecutive, lost packets during the report interval. |
Packet Loss Histogram (3-5 packets) |
The number of incidents of 3-5 consecutive, lost packets during the report interval. |
Packet Loss Histogram (6-10 packets) |
The number of incidents of 6-10 consecutive, lost packets during the report interval. |
Packet Loss Histogram (>10 packets) |
The number of incidents of 11 or greater consecutive lost packets during the report interval. |
Packets Out Of Order |
Counts of RTP packets received out of order during the report interval. The Jitter Buffer takes the sequence number from the RTP header and checks whether the new arriving packet is out of order relative to the packets in the buffer queue and sorts them into the correct order if necessary. The Jitter Buffer Dequeue has its own play out sequence number so if it finds the out-of-order packet is stale it will discard it. Otherwise, the Jitter Buffer will play the packet in the correct order. The Jitter Buffer checks and sorts the packet order when there are packets in the jitter buffer queue. If there is no other packet, then the new arriving packet is the only packet for Jitter Buffer dequeue. This is a best-effort undertaking which means the queue will not get increased because of packet out-of-order. |