<Li> Queuing delay--time the packet spends in routing queues </Li> <Li> Transmission delay--time it takes to push the packet's bits onto the link </Li> <Li> Propagation delay--time for a signal to reach its destination </Li> <P> There is a certain minimum level of delay that will be experienced due to the time it takes to transmit a packet serially through a link . Onto this is added a more variable level of delay due to network congestion . IP network delays can range from just a few milliseconds to several hundred milliseconds . </P>

The time it takes a signal to travel from one location to another on a network is referred to as