Voice packets are being received in a continuous stream by an IP phone, but because of network congestion the delay between each packet varies and is causing broken conversations. What term describes the cause of this condition?

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Voice packets are being received in a continuous stream by an IP phone, but because of network congestion the delay between each packet varies and is causing broken conversations. What term describes the cause of this condition?

  • buffering
  • latency
  • queuing
  • jitter

Explanation: Jitter is the variation in the latency or delay of received packets. When data is sent, packets are sent in a continuous stream and are spaced evenly apart. Because of network congestion, the delay between each packet can vary instead of remaining constant.

Exam with this question: Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation (Version 7.00) - Optimize, Monitor, and Troubleshoot Networks Exam

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