Re: [ns] Background Traffic

[Will Shaver <will@digitalfountain.com>]

Apu Kapadia wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have implemented a modified version of TCP/IP and would like to test it
> with background traffic. I'd like the background traffic to include http
> traffic, or whatever is realistic today. What would be the best way of
> doing this?
> 
> Any pointers and references would be helpful.
> 
> Thanks,
> Apu

Using Pareto ON/OFF UDP traffic seems to be the standard for background
traffic emulation. I'd recommend the settings in a paper by John Byers
(Robust Identification of Shred Losses Using End-To-End Unicast Probes)
:

Application/Traffic/Pareto
burst_time_ 2000ms
idle_time_ 1000ms
rate_ 36000
packet_size_ 200
shape_ 1.2

Hope that helps

 -Will