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How does latency at the physical layer relate to latency at the TCP/IP
I am looking for any quantitative relationship between latency at the physical layer (dominated by the propagation of light down the fiber) and its effect on latency at layer 2/3. -
How does latency at the physical layer relate to latency at the TCP/IP
My company provides physical layer optical transport equipment in the Metro space. Some emerging carriers provide SLAs based upon roundtrip latency from router at the POP to the router at the customer prem. Latency at the physical layer is dominated by the time of flight through the fiber...
