This paper is concerned with stability analysis of discrete-time networked control systems subject to packet loss under a multiple-packet transmission policy with the packet dropping probability of the communication channel bounded from above. Necessary and sufficient conditions for stability are obtained. In addition, the packet dropping margin as a measure of stability robustness of a system against packet loss is defined and its formula is derived. A design method is proposed for enhancing stability robustness subject to the constraint of a set of prescribed nominal closed-loop poles.