[Bloat] bufferbloat effects on throughput

[Toke Høiland-Jørgensen]

Paolo Valente <paolo.valente at unimore.it> writes:

> One question: how can one be sure (if it is possible) that the
> fluctuation of the throughput of a TCP flow on a given node is caused
> by bufferbloat issues in the node, and not by other factors (such as,
> e.g., systematic drops in some other nodes along the path followed by
> the flow, with the drops possibly even caused by different reasons
> than bufferbloat)?

You can't, and it might. However, if you measure a performance
degradation that goes away when the link is idle, consider that a
hint... :)

-Toke