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8.8 Per<strong>for</strong>mance Metrics<br />

We measure throughput of each source and cell loss ratio. Also, we can plot a<br />

number of variables as a function of time that help expla<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> behavior of <strong>the</strong> system.<br />

These <strong>in</strong>clude TCP sequence numbers at <strong>the</strong> source, congestion w<strong>in</strong>dow (CWND),<br />

ACR of each source, l<strong>in</strong>k utilization, and queue length.<br />

We de ne TCP throughput as <strong>the</strong> number of bytes delivered to <strong>the</strong> dest<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

application <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> total time. This is sometimes referred to as goodput by o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

authors. Cell Loss Ratio (CLR) is measured as <strong>the</strong> ratio of <strong>the</strong> number of cells<br />

dropped to <strong>the</strong> number of cells sent dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> simulation.<br />

The follow<strong>in</strong>g equation should hold <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> aggregate metrics of <strong>the</strong> simulation:<br />

Number of bytes sent = Bytes sent once<br />

+ Bytes retransmitted<br />

= Bytes delivered to application<br />

+ Data bytes dropped at <strong>the</strong> switch + Bytes <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> path<br />

+ Partial packet bytes dropped at <strong>the</strong> dest<strong>in</strong>ation AAL5<br />

+ Duplicate packet bytes dropped at <strong>the</strong> dest<strong>in</strong>ation TCP<br />

The places where cells or packets are dropped are illustrated <strong>in</strong> Figure 8.5.<br />

8.9 Peak TCP Throughput<br />

In order to measure <strong>the</strong> best possible throughput of TCP over <strong>ABR</strong>, we rst<br />

present <strong>the</strong> results of a case with <strong>in</strong> nite bu ers and xed <strong>ABR</strong> capacity. With nite<br />

bu ers or variable <strong>ABR</strong> capacity, it is possible that some cells are lost, which may<br />

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