Reducing Internet Latency: Why and How

Education facts

Code: DVAD61

The course explains the importance of latency for current internet applications. Different sources of delay and types of solutions for reducing latency are treated. Special emphasis is on queueing delay and how active queue management can reduce the problem and how it interacts with congestion control.

Entry requirements

Upper secondary level English 6 or B. Computer Science 30 ECTS cr, or three years of work experience in the IT sector, or equivalent.

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Reducing Internet Latency: Why and How

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 10 %