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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dear colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">We have
released the tool 'An NS2 TCP Evaluation Tool Suite' for some time.
Since</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">then, we have received some feed back from
users. We expect to receive wider comments,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">and seek collaborations or contributions
to make the tool towards a useful one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">The download page is, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A
href="http://labs.nec.com.cn/tcpeval.htm">http://labs.nec.com.cn/tcpeval.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Here is a brief
introduction,</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">This tool is
motivated by the observation that there is significant overlap among (but
lack </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">of an agreed
set of) the topologies, traffic, and metrics used by many
researchers in the </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">evaluation of TCP
alternatives: effort could be saved by starting research from an existing
</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">framework. As
such, our tool includes several typical topologies and traffic models; it
measures <BR>some of the most important metrics commonly used in TCP
evaluation; and it can automatically </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">generate simulation
statistics and graphs ready for inclusion in latex and html
documents. The </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">tool
also contains an extendable open-source framework. With community
effort, we hope the </FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">tool evolves into a
widely accepted, well-defined set of TCP performance evaluation benchmarks.
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Best Regards.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Gang Wang.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Gang Wang<BR>NEC Labs, China
<BR>010-62705962/63 (ext.511) <BR><BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:wanggang@research.nec.com.cn"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>wanggang@research.nec.com.cn</FONT></A></DIV>
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