Analytical Estimation of Jitter for the MMPP-N Traffic Model
https://doi.org/10.26594/register.v11i2.5679
Keywords:
QoS, Jitter, MMPP-N, Traffic Modelling, Network PerformanceAbstract
Nowadays, consumers demand powerful and adequate communication techniques to meet their desires for communication and exchange. These techniques, such online chats, VoIP, video conferencing, and AR/VR services, require well-defined Quality of Service (QoS) properties, such as minimal transmission delay, high throughput, low inter-arrival time, and low packet delay variation. Among these, jitter is an important QoS parameter in IP networks that can affect the performance of real-time applications and services. In this paper, we provide an overview of jitter and relevant studies. We propose an analytical calculation of jitter for the MMPP-2 and MMPP-N traffic models and analyze the jitter behavior for voice traffic.
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