bufferbloat
Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
Noun
- Excessive buffering of packets which may cause delays (latency) or jitter (latency variation) in packet-switched networks, particularly during high load.
- The issue about bufferbloat was first exposed by Dave P. Reed in [12]. He found large RTTs along the routes but without packet loss. - 2022, Kewei Sha, Aaron Striegel, Min Song, editors, Advances in Computer...
- Delay caused by such excessive buffering.
Origin
From buffer + bloat, first attested in 2010.