Abstract: A method is disclosed for estimating jitter in an MPEG receiver. An MPEG transport stream is received, including a plurality of packets. At least one of the plurality of packets includes a program clock reference (PCR) value. For each PCR value received, a current packet delay is calculated by subtracting a system time clock (STC) value of the MPEG receiver from the PCR value. If the current packet delay is greater than an upper boundary value or less than a lower boundary value, one or more of an upper and a lower boundary impact density is updated, and based on a comparison of the upper boundary impact density to the lower boundary impact density, one or more of the upper boundary value and the lower boundary value is updated. A current jitter value is calculated using the difference between the upper and the lower boundary value.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for estimating jitter in an MPEG receiver. An MPEG transport stream is received, including a plurality of packets. At least one of the plurality of packets includes a program clock reference (PCR) value. For each PCR value received, a current packet delay is calculated by subtracting a system time clock (STC) value of the MPEG receiver from the PCR value. If the current packet delay is greater than an upper boundary value or less than a lower boundary value, one or more of an upper and a lower boundary impact density is updated, and based on a comparison of the upper boundary impact density to the lower boundary impact density, one or more of the upper boundary value and the lower boundary value is updated. A current jitter value is calculated using the difference between the upper and the lower boundary value.