[Make-wifi-fast] Netpower, iper2, BBR

[Jeremy Harris]

On 08/04/2018 06:55 PM, Bob McMahon wrote:
> FYI, I've added a netpower metric to iperf 2.
> 
> Below are two runs over wired GigE comparing Google's BBR
> <https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub45646> with cubic.  Note, for the
> network power the delay units are microseconds while the throughput are
> seconds.

Why is it useful?

It appears to be calculated as bandwidth divided by latency, so the
units are bits / time^2.  The word "power" in the naming feels
misleading.
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Cheers,
  Jeremy