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Late packets aren't always completely worthless. a "late" rocket_fired type of packet can be very useful if it still shows up before the next packet that refers
by roc 13y ago
Late packets aren't always completely worthless.
a "late" rocket_fired type of packet can be very useful if it still shows up before the next packet that refers to said rocket.
It really depends.
- bradleyland 13y agoVoIP protocols are designed to expect the exact condition described here; i.e., packets out of order and variation in the rate at which packets are received. A buffer is used to account for volatility in network latency. The size of this buffer is one of the more important problems that must be solved when implementing VoIP. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter#Jitter_buffers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitter#Jitter_buffers