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

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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}
}

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