K-factor (Cisco)

In Cisco Voice over IP deployments, the K-Factor is a Cisco proprietary method of reporting endpoint mean opinion scores. K-factor records contain the following metrics:

K-factor metrics

Field

Display

Description

CCR

Cum Conceal Ratio

Cumulative Conceal Ratio represents the cumulative ratio of concealment time over speech time that is observed after starting a call

ICR

Interval Conceal Ratio

Interval Conceal Ratio represents an interval-based average concealment rate that is the ratio of concealment time over speech time for the last 3 seconds of ACTIVE speech

ICRmx

Max Conceal Ratio

Interval Conceal Ratio Max represents the maximum concealment ratio that is observed during the call

CS

Conceal Secs

Conceal Secs represents the time during which some concealment is observed during a call

SCS

Severely Conceal Secs

Severely Conceal Secs represents the time during which a significant amount of concealment is observed

MLQK

MOS LQK

MOS Listening Quality K-factor provides an estimate of the MOS score of the last 8 seconds of speech on the reception signal path

MLQKmn

Min MOS LQK

MOS Listening Quality K-factor Min represents the minimum score that is observed since the beginning of a call and represents the worst sounding 8-second interval

MLQKmx

Max MOS LQK

MOS Listening Quality K-factor Max represents the maximum score that is observed since the beginning of a call and represents the best sounding 8-second interval

MLQKav

Avg MOS LQK

MOS Listening Quality K-factor Avg represents the running average of scores that are observed since the beginning of a call