[asterisk-users] spandsp (foip)

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 01:58:21PM -0700, Christopher Corn wrote:
>    I've been reading about FOIP and there something i dont undrestand. maybe
>    someone can explain to me.
> 
>    A couple of faxing methods im confused about.
> 
>    The pass through method, sending fax data over G711 codec
>    versus
>    Relay method, t30 to t38 conversion
> 
> 
>    Can someone explain to me why the pass through method doesn't
>    require t30 to t38 conversion ( or does it do it?)? i believe
>    the conversion to t38 is so that it can be routed through a
>    packet network and then back to t30 so that the fax machine can
>    understand. why is it that if you use a pass through method, and
>    your still passing through a packet network, you dont need to
>    convert to t38 and t30?

I believe the proper answer to your question is this:

Fax and modem tones will not be passed properly by some codecs because
they're optimized for the frequency patterns of human voices -- and
because those tones were themselves optimized for a traditional analog
or DS-0 PCM channel.

Since G.711 *is* an uncompressed DS-0, that's why you can pass fax
tones through it, without any help from spoofing protocols like t.38.

Cheers,
-- jra
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