Telecommunications

Network performance

How the quality of a mobile or fixed connection is measured.

Terms

3 terms

  • Mobile data throttling

    Mobile data throttling is the deliberate limiting of a subscriber's data speed by the operator, usually after a data cap or for certain traffic types.

  • Network congestion

    Network congestion is the state in which traffic demand exceeds the capacity of a link or cell, causing queuing delay, packet loss and lower speeds.

  • Speed test

    A speed test measures the download speed, upload speed and latency of a mobile or fixed internet connection by exchanging data with a nearby test server.