Short for
Quality of Experience in
telecommunications terminology, it is a measurement used to determine how well
that network is satisfying the end user's requirements. In contrast to Quality
of Service (
QoS) a measurement of network operating
conditions such as noise,
crosstalk, or lost or
dropped
packets, in telecommunications terminology,
QoE takes into consideration the end-to-end connection and
applications that are currently running over that
network connection and how
multimedia elements
such as Internet video or
IPTV
networks are satisfying or meeting the end user's requirements.
The relationship between a performance-based QoS parameter (such as
packet loss) has a resulting effect on the end user's
QoE since a high network performance is required to meet QoE objectives.
See Quality of Service (QoS).
See also "Healthy
VoIP NetsPart VQuality of Experience" on
Enterprise VoIP Planet.
Also see "VoIP
and the Small Business" in the "Did
You Know..." section of Webopedia.
Also see "Internet
Telephony" in the Quick
Reference section of Webopedia.