352-001 · Question #581
Which option reduces jitter in a VoIP network?
The correct answer is C. Adjust the playout delay buffer at the receiver. Jitter is variation in packet arrival delay, and the most direct way to reduce its perceptible impact on VoIP quality is adjusting the playout delay buffer at the receiver to smooth out uneven packet delivery.
Question
Which option reduces jitter in a VoIP network?
Options
- ADeploy WRED
- BDeploy call Admission Control
- CAdjust the playout delay buffer at the receiver
- DIncrease the bandwidth of the links
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A5% (1)
- B5% (1)
- C91% (20)
Why each option
Jitter is variation in packet arrival delay, and the most direct way to reduce its perceptible impact on VoIP quality is adjusting the playout delay buffer at the receiver to smooth out uneven packet delivery.
WRED is a congestion avoidance tool that drops packets probabilistically before queues fill up - it does not directly smooth the variable packet arrival intervals that constitute jitter at the receiver.
Call Admission Control limits active calls to prevent network overload, which may indirectly reduce congestion-induced delay variation but does not directly address jitter experienced at the endpoint.
The playout delay buffer (jitter buffer) at the receiver directly compensates for jitter by holding incoming packets for a configurable interval and releasing them at a uniform rate, smoothing variable arrival times before audio is decoded and played out to the listener.
Increasing link bandwidth reduces congestion and packet loss but does not eliminate jitter, because variable queuing delays can persist even on high-bandwidth links.
Concept tested: VoIP jitter mitigation using playout delay buffer
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/voice/voice-quality/7934-bwidth-consume.html
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