Source note · Codec selection and bandwidth planning
The RTP/AVP profile describes PCMU and PCMA as carrying eight bits per sample after logarithmic scaling.
Checked 2026-09-24
- Vendor
- IETF
- Product
- RTP
- Subsystem
- G.711 encoding
- Deployment
- any
- Region
- not restricted
- Release range
- RFC 3551 (July 2003)
- Checked
- 2026-09-24
Sources
- RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control — IETF / RFC Editor · tier 1 standards and regulators · Section 4.5.14 (PCMA and PCMU)
Cite this note
APA
WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample
BibTeX
@misc{warmtransfer-claim-bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample,
title = {Codec selection and bandwidth planning: source note bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample},
author = {{WarmTransfer}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample},
note = {Source note bandwidth-codec-planning-g711-eight-bits-per-sample, checked 2026-09-24}
}