====== Networking - Jitter ======

jitter refers to the variation in latency.

Jitter is the irregular time delay in the sending of data packets over a network.

A buffer is what we use to compensate for jitter.

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===== Ideal =====

  * Jitter should be below 30 ms.
  * Packet loss shouldn’t be more than 1%.
  * Network latency should not go over 150 ms.  This is the latency in one direction meaning the round trip time (RTT) would be 300 ms.


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===== Solution =====

A buffer is a system that allows for the storing of temporary data.

It’s use is to adjust for irregular fluctuations in data transfers. It’s design is a memory caching system to adjust for the negative effects of jitter.

The main tool we will use to adjust for the effects of jitter is a buffer, or buffer memory