A methodological approach for estimating protocol analyzer instrumental measurement uncertainty in packet jitter evaluation

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1405-1416

  Angrisani, Leopoldo ^a   Capriglione, Domenico ^b   Ferrigno, Luigi ^b   Miele, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication and computer network test and measurement; instrumental measurement uncertainty; networking; packet jitter measurement; quality of service (QoS) assessment

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PARAMETER; GENERAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT POINTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; NETWORK TEST; NETWORKING; PACKET JITTER; POOR INFORMATION; PROTOCOL ANALYZERS; REAL TIME VIDEOS; REFERENCE DATA; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL;

COMMUNICATION; INTERNET TELEPHONY; JITTER; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RATING; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859789974     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2012.2186478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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