On the relationship between packet jitter and buffer loss probabilities

Controlling the jitter buffer at the receiver side is a key component in multimedia and real-time services. A jitter buffer is used to control the packet rate and to compensate for the delay variation, commonly called jitter, by the tradeoff between delay and loss. In this paper, we present simulation results for the relation between the over- and underflow probabilities and the jitter. We then show how we can control a jitter buffer based on an estimation of the variance of the arrival process and a fast computation model for the jitter in this buffer.