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So far, cell jitter has been investigated within the standardization bodies for Constant Bit Rate connections only and it has been recognized that cell jitter covers two different topics, namely cell clumping and cell dispersion. Whereas the material for the specification of cell clumping seems stable for the time being, the specification of cell dispersion requires further investigations in particular, because we have shown that the algorithm currently under consideration within the ITU-T for specifying cell dispersion fails to provide useful information for the operation of very simple receiving ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) mechanisms. Moreover, it exhibits an unstable behavior when cell transfer delays become very large and/or cell loss occurs, and the outcome of the algorithm depends on the specific realization of the observed cell stream. Hence, after a detailed description of the issues related to cell dispersion, we propose an algorithm which computes two quantities of interest for specifying cell dispersion.
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Guillemin, F., Rosenberg, C., Meddeb, A. (1996). Specification of Cell Dispersion in ATM Networks. In: Mason, L., Casaca, A. (eds) Broadband Communications. BC 1996. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34987-9_2
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