Jitter measurement

1. What is jitter measured in?
2. How is random jitter measured?
3. How do you analyze jitter?
4. What is jitter and its types?

What is jitter measured in?

jitter is usually measured in milliseconds (ms). Network jitter is measured by calculating the average time difference between each packet sequence. For Example: The difference between 58ms and 1ms: 57 ms.

How is random jitter measured?

Random jitter is the unbounded jitter part of TJ. It is mainly thermal noise, flicker noise or shot noise. A good technique to measure TJ uses a high-end digital sampling oscilloscope.

How do you analyze jitter?

Jitter is measured by moving the sample point in fixed steps and detecting whether the signal is above or below a threshold. Measuring many thousands of edges this way builds a substantial sample set on which statistics are used to determine the standard deviation and peak to peak changes in edge timing.

What is jitter and its types?

Jitter falls into two categories: random and deterministic. Random jitter is unbounded and hard to diagnose. Deterministic jitter is often periodic and narrowband. It is also often correlated to a particular noise generator.