Packet Reordering Metrics to Enable Performance Comparison in IP-Networks

Table 1

Example of out-of-order for eight-packet sequence.

Description	p1	p2	p3	p4	p5	p6	p7	p8
Arrived sequence	1	6	7	2	3	4	5	8
Received index	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Displacement	0	−4	−4	2	2	2	2	0