It is possible to avoid some of these problems by using strict policy management and most current routers come with quality of service (QoS) features that allow businesses to prioritise voice and video packets.
The problems of packet loss, delay and jitter are exacerbated when voice traffic intermingles with packets from other applications. If packets are delayed by more than 250 milliseconds from end to end, a conversation can sound slightly unreal, as...
Voice over IP, where voice calls are broken up into packets and passed around a corporate network together with the organisation's data traffic, can provide enormous benefits for companies - such as cheaper international calls - but they also...
TCP uses packet retransmission, which means that packets can be delayed en route to their destination. The Net6 device sends false TCP acknowledgements so that the sender continues sending packets. Murli Thirumale, Net6's chief executive officer...
Q is for QoS It's usually labelled 'Device Convergence' but perhaps we should call it by its proper name: 'Doing more stuff on fewer, cleverer toys'. It's a major battleground for technology vendors in both business and consumer electronics...
Q is for QoS HSPA - high speed packet access - delivers mobile broadband speeds in excess of 500Kbps, and up to several Mbps. He told silicon.com: "If you take the iPod as an example, before the iPod existed not many people would have probably...