====== Latency ======

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===== Discussion =====

Latency represents the delay experienced by traffic as it moves through a network path.

In the context of [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:internet_qos]], Latency reflects forwarding delay, queuing delay, transmission delay, propagation delay, and processing delay along the path.

===== Definition =====

//network delay experienced by packet-switched traffic across a path or part of a path//

===== Source =====

Generalised from Internet QoS and IP performance terminology.

===== Note =====

Latency is not throughput, bandwidth, jitter, packet loss, application response time, or DDS deadline behavior.

===== Example =====

A health observation packet experiences lower latency when a network gives operational traffic preferred forwarding treatment.