Handovers Jitters – OTT Voice Observations – Part 3 (opens in new tab)

After laying the groundwork and creating the required software for visualizing IP inter-packet spacing in part 1 and part 2, I could finally answer myself the following question: What kind of impact do cellular network handovers have on the inter-packet spacing of an over the top (OTT) voice call and hence on the jitter buffer and ultimately voice quality? Theoretically, handovers in LTE and 5G cellular networks are break before make. This means the connection to the current cell is cut and o...