Which circumstance can cause packet loss due to a microburst?

“A microburst is a short burst of traffic with a duration tending toward zero and an intensity tending toward infinite. Microbursts usually lead to temporary traffic buffering, increasing latency momentary, and can cause traffic drops if the buffering capacity is exceeded. ”

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