Managing Jitter for video and audio based Internet communications, is an easier task that it has been, from the network's perspective, because of the widespread adoption of DiffServ technology. Careful attention to DiffServ priorities can minimize the impact that individual routers and switches may have on packet arrival variance, but if the application or host isn't shaping its traffic accordingly, all bets are off. And stealing from Peter to give Paul good jitter, can cause problems of its own.

QoSient technology can help to determine what network component is introducing the unacceptable jitter, regardless of the protocol or application.

  Corporate Overview - QoSient, LLC is a provider of real-time infrastructure software to measure, assess and manage Internet Network Quality of Service (QoS). QoSient, LLC is a privately held Delaware limited liability corporation, qualified to do business in the State of New York. Founder: Carter Bullard President and CEO. Carter Bullard is the founder of QoSient and is a recognized leader in the area of network security and high performance network monitoring. Carter is a former member of the Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute, and has held senior positions at Nortel Networks, Bay Networks and FORE Systems, as well as Research Faculty positions at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Carter is currently active in the development of industry standards in both network security and performance monitoring. QoSient Products - QoSient products provide a standard approach to comprehensive network auditing and measurement for the fundamental elements of network quality: Availability, Capacity, Responsiveness, Loss, Delay and Jitter. QoSient technology is particularly well suited for network accounting and billing, operations, security and performance management