The effect of packet dispersion on voice applications in IP networks

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Levy, Hanoch ^a   Zlatokrilov, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bursty losses; Noticeable loss rate; Packet dispersion; Stochastic processes; Voice over IP quality

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; RANDOM PROCESSES; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BURSTY LOSSES; NOTICEABLE LOSS RATE (NLR); PACKET DISPERSION; VOICE APPLICATION; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP);

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 33645963457     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2006.872543     Document Type: Article

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