Jitter

Jitter is packets arriving at a non-consistent rate due to a type of distortion caused by the variation of a signal from its reference that can cause data transmission errors, particularly at high speeds.


 * NENA-INF-021, NENA Request for Proposal Considerations Information Document
 * NENA-STA-010, NENA i3 Standard for Next Generation 9-1-1
 * NENA-INF-016, NENA Emergency Services IP Network Design (ESIND) Information Document

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