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Re: [ns] How long should a simulaion be ?



>Hi,
>
>i have to simulate the transmission of CBR traffic
>among several clients and servers and calculate the
>end to end delay variance.
>I will use Pareto traffic sources as background
>traffic:
>How much should my simulations last to bring
>meaningful results ?
>
>Thanks !

Long enough to avoid transient effects.

(There is no simple answer.
You need to look at the output and determine when you've reached
steady state.)

   -John Heidemann