[Tmrg] TCP evaluation suite round-table

[Lachlan Andrew]

Greetings Sally,

On 29/08/07, Sally Floyd <sallyfloyd at mac.com> wrote:
> Lachlan wrote
>
> > I would advocate using the
> > sum of the *receive* rates of the flows using each link.
>
> I think that is a fine idea.
>
> But it would be easy for each simulation or experiment to also
> report the total bps over the link, in each direction.  E.g., to
> compare with the aggregate receive rates.  Or to allow "local"
> metrics about throughput vs. delay vs. drop rates for understanding
> the queue management.  Or some such.

True, that would be useful.

I certainly wouldn't want people to think they should only do a
subset   of what we agree on.  On the other hand, I would want them to
feel obliged to do a   superset   either...

Perhaps the goal should be to find a list of "types" of quantities to
measure (like link utilization), and say "*if* you're going to measure
quantity X, please include metric  Y  along with any others that you
choose"  and  "*if* you're interested in bandwidths in this range,
please include bandwidths from the following list".  Do you have any
recommendations?  I'll check the wording in your current draft...

Cheers,
Lachlan

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