The characteristics of a data
communication system:
The effectiveness of a data communication system depends on four fundamental characteristics: delivery, accuracy, timeliness and jitter.
The effectiveness of a data communication system depends on four fundamental characteristics: delivery, accuracy, timeliness and jitter.
(i) Delivery:
The system must deliver data to the correct destination. Data must be received
by the intended device or user and only by that device or user.
(ii) Accuracy:
The system must deliver the data accurately. Data that have been altered in
transmission and left uncorrected are unusable.
(iii) Timeliness:
The system must deliver data in a timely manner. Data delivered late are
useless. In the case of video and audio, timely delivery means delivering data
as they are produced, and without significant delay. This kind of delivery is
called real-time transmission.
(iv) Jitter:
Jitter refers to the variation in the packet arrival time. It is the uneven
delay in the delivery of audio or video packets.
For example, let us assume that video packets are
sent every 3D ms, if some of the packets arrive with 3D ms delay and others
with 4D ms delay, an uneven quality in the video is the result.
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