Network Weather · Design Experiments · 01
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FIG. 01 · HOME NETWORK PATHOLOGY
NETWORK WEATHER · MMXXVI
Buffer Bloat
why a larger queue means a longer wait
i.
SMALL BUFFER
tight queue · packets exit quickly
NOMINAL
25
MS
INGRESS
EGRESS
ii.
BLOATED BUFFER
long queue · everything waits behind it
DEGRADED
1200
MS
INGRESS
EGRESS
BACKGROUND TRAFFIC
YOUR VIDEO CALL
Same pipe. Same bandwidth.
48× the wait.
A BIGGER BUFFER IS NOT A SAFER BUFFER
Hover to pause. Loop is 6 seconds.
2026-04-16