Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Jitter validity

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From: "Lars Ruoff" <lars.ruoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:02:11 +0200
No, the D(i,j) to be used in the formula is the difference in relative
trasmit time (see section 6.3.1-interarrival jitter of RFC1889 (RTP),
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1889.txt),

whereas the values displayed in the "Delay" column on RTP analysis are plain
packet arrival time differences Rj-Ri (expressed in seconds).

We have D(i,j) = (Rj-Ri)-(Sj-Si) = (Rj-Sj)-(Ri-Si),

where Si is the RTP timestamp (expressed in seconds) from packet i.


now given your example:
R_108-R_107=0.006785,
S_108-S_107=0.030000 (RTP clock difference between two packets at 30ms
framing as i assumed from the sample)

with that we have
|D(i-1,i)| = 0.023215
and hence
J = J+(|D(i-1,i)|-J)/16 = 0.001689 + (0.023215-0.001689)/16 = 0.003034...

best regards,
Lars Ruoff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Szymon Fedor" <Szymon.Fedor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:33 AM
Subject: [Ethereal-dev] Jitter validity


Hello,

I would like to analyse the RTP protocol with Ethereal, especially I am
concerned about the Jitter calculation. Below is the example of a RTP
statistic
displayed with Ehereal.

Packet Sequence Delay      Jitter
106    39378    0          0
107    39379    0.002983   0.001689
108    39380    0.006785   0.003034
109    39381    0.003869   0.004478
110    39382    0.004391   0.005798


As I read on the mailing list, the Jitter is calculated with the following
formula:
J = J + ( | D(i-1, i) | - J) / 16
where J is jitter and D is delay between two frames

If I apply this formula to the sequence above I don't get wright result
(for example: 0.001689+(0.006785-0.001689)/16=0.0020075<>0.003034)

Do you know where is the problem? Do you really use the above formula to
calculate the Jitter or I just apply it in a wrong way?

Thank's for the answers

regards
Simon


-- 
INSA Lyon
Département Télécommunications, Services et Usages
Courriel: szymon.fedor@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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