A method for determining the characteristic parameters of a porous material by means of acoustic measurements on a unique experimental set up, the standing wave tube, is presented in this paper. The principle of the identification procedure is based on the modification of the boundary conditions at the rear face of the material, especially rigid wall, air cavities of distinct depths, and soft impedance achieved thanks to an active control system. A set of about ten different porous materials was tested. The acoustic parameters are obtained from Lafarge-Allard's model considering the frame of the material is rigid. Whether all the experimental and atmospheric constraints are strictly respected, the parameter identification method is either rapid and reliable. Very good agreement is observed between predictions and measurements for different experimental configurations.