Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] RTP Stream Analysis

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From: "Martin Regner" <martin.regner@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:31:09 +0100
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From: "Lars Ruoff" <Lars.Ruoff@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal user support" <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] RTP Stream Analysis


> > I think that it is a bit misleading to use the term "Delay" in RTP
> Analysis for the time
> > between consecutive packets.
> I agree.
> 
> > The RFC seems to use "difference D", but I don't think that it would be
> good to call the column "Difference".
> I wouldn't mind calling it "Difference" or "Delta"
> 
> > I just noticed that PacketScan seems to calls it "Gap (ms)".
> > I think that "Gap" would be less confusing to use than "Delay".
> "Gap" sounds too negative for me, like something is lost or missing in the
> stream.
> But that's a matter of personal taste of course.
> 

Yes, 
"Gap" may not be so good either, now when I think about it.
I think "Delta" would be OK, and maybe "Difference" is OK also.