RFC 3550 defines interarrival jitter as the mean deviation (smoothed absolute value) of the difference in packet spacing at the receiver compared with the sender, measured in RTP timestamp units.

Checked 2026-10-02

Vendor
not restricted
Product
not restricted
Subsystem
RTCP measurement
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3550
Checked
2026-10-02

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, October 2). Troubleshooting audio delay and talk-over on voice calls: source note call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition,
  title  = {Troubleshooting audio delay and talk-over on voice calls: source note call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition},
  note   = {Source note call-latency-troubleshooting-rfc3550-jitter-definition, checked 2026-10-02}
}

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