packet loss

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packet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpæk.ɪt/us
/ˈpæk.ɪt/
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a small paper or cardboard container in which a number of small objects ...
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loss
noun
uk
/lɒs/us
/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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If a carrier appears in the middle of the upstream data signal, ingress cancellation can remove the interfering carrier without causingpacketloss.
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It uses more bandwidth than best bandwidth-optimised codecs, but it ispacketlossresistant instead.
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Four data modems in close proximity just don't work well together, sopacketlosswas as high as 50%.
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For this reason,packetlossis not necessarily an indication of poor connection reliability or a bottleneck.
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A long media path is undesirable, as it increases the delay of voice packets and the probability ofpacketloss.
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Packetlossis closely associated with quality of service considerations, and is related to the erlang unit of measure.
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Once thepacketlosssubsides, slow start kicks in to ramp the speed back up.
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It is used by network administrators, to reduce congestion, latency andpacketloss.
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During an active survey, the wireless adapter is associated with one or several access points to measure round-trip time, throughput rates,packetloss, and retransmissions.
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Real-time multimedia streaming applications require timely delivery of information and can tolerate somepacketlossto achieve this goal.
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The control word contains a 16-bit packet sequence number (needed to detect packet re-ordering andpacketloss), payload length, and flags indicating defect conditions.
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A flood ping can also be used as a diagnostic for networkpacketlossand throughput issues.
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The network performance addresses the throughput, network response times,packetlossrates, link utilization, percentage utilization, error rates and so forth.
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Such greedy protocols tend to increase latency andpacketlossfor all users.
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Typical effects include queueing delay,packetlossor the blocking of new connections.
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Various error conditions may occur, such as data corruption,packetloss, duplication and out-of-order delivery.
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Simulation of this model provides plots of performance characteristics such as throughput, latency,packetlossand utilization.
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When used in this fashion, some form of load-balancing or port-bonding is recommended to avoidpacketlossto the monitoring tools.
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It is a lossy speech compression codec designed specifically towards communication channels suffering frompacketloss.
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