Network latency, sometimes called lag, is the term used to describe delays in communication over a network. In the networking world, the word latency refers to the amount of time it takes for data to be captured, transmitted, processed through multiple devices, then received at its destination and decoded. 

Before data is transmitted, it is formed into frames that contain many data packets. If a receiver does not receive all of the packets contained in a frame, the sender receives a message to re-transmit the entire frame. It is not uncommon to lose a few packets during the transmission process. Imagine the millions of data frames that are re-transmitted every minute on our internet infrastructure because only a few packets within the frame did not reach their destination. This continuous, redundant transmission slows down every internet user in the world-congestion. The internet backbone has a finite amount of bandwidth. With the significant increase in the use of streaming video services, teleconferencing services, and cloud services, every packet of data must fight through the internet to reach the destination.

Network Folding® is a patented process that reduces TCP/IP data re-transmission rates to nearly zero. Data arrives much more quickly without re-transmissions, eliminating the negative effects of network latency.

Network Folding® recognizes when individual data packets do not reach the receiver, then resends just the missing packet-not the entire data frame. This is done during the initial transmission process before the receiver recognizes that a packet is missing and requests a retransmission of the entire data frame.

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