Wireshark computes RTP jitter using the RFC 3550 section 6.4.1 interarrival jitter estimator, J(i) = J(i-1) + (|D(i-1,i)| - J(i-1))/16, where D compares arrival-time spacing with RTP-timestamp spacing.

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
Wireshark Foundation
Product
Wireshark
Subsystem
RTP statistics
Deployment
on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-24
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550,
  title  = {SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550},
  note   = {Source note sip-capture-analysis-ws-jitter-rfc3550, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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