Which type of packet-oriented network has the characteristic of being drop-tolerant and delay- insensitive?

Data traffic uses TCP, which retransmits dropped packets, making it drop-tolerant. Applications such as file transfers or web browsing can absorb variable delay without impacting the user experience, making data traffic delay-insensitive. This contrasts with real-time traffic types that require consistent, low-latency delivery.

Voice traffic is both drop-intolerant and delay-sensitive because packet loss causes audible distortion and latency above 150ms degrades call quality.

Video traffic is sensitive to both delay and packet loss because dropped frames cause visible artifacts and buffering, requiring consistent delivery.

Converged networks carry voice, video, and data simultaneously and must accommodate the strict QoS requirements of real-time traffic, so they are not uniformly drop-tolerant or delay-insensitive.

Not all packet-oriented networks share these characteristics - voice and video have strict delay and drop sensitivity requirements unlike data.