[nsp] latency vs throughput

Gert Doering gert@greenie.muc.de
Sun, 15 Sep 2002 21:08:29 +0200


Hi,

On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 06:21:59PM +0530, pakucable wrote:
> which one is true ??
> 
> 1) Latency increase ---> throughput(bandwidth usage) increase
> 2) Latency decrease ---> throughput(bandwidth usage) increase

As long as the window size of the L4 protocol in use is big enough,
the throughput should be independent of the latency.

If the window is too small, "2" is true(ish), but other factors might
apply as well.

gert

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