What does LQM mean in UNCLASSIFIED

LQM stands for Link Quality Monitoring. It is a process of actively measuring, tracking, and analyzing customer experience when using a network service.

LQM provides information about the performance of a given network connection in terms of latency, jitter, packet loss, throughput, and more.

Using LQM provides network operators with insights into their performance against service level agreements and allows them to better optimize the customer's connection experience.

Implementing an effective LQM system requires that appropriate tools be deployed on both ends of the communications link; this includes agents at either side that can collect detailed data and report back to the central controller.

Network operators minimize potential customer dissatisfaction by utilizing Link Quality Monitoring to proactively measure and track their services' performance against set SLAs. ISPs use it to ensure optimal levels of throughput for customers with low latency connections over various networks such as Wi-Fi or Ethernet connections.