Cisco defines jitter as a variation in the delay of received packets, caused for example by network congestion, improper queuing or configuration errors.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
Cisco
Product
Cisco IOS voice gateways
Subsystem
jitter
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
Cisco IOS DSP voice platforms; document dated 2006
Checked
2026-09-25

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition,
  title  = {Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition},
  note   = {Source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-cisco-jitter-definition, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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