Re: [ns] Link delay, what is it?

["Georgios E. Kylafas" <gkyla@telecom.ntua.gr>]

Dear Debo,

What about processing delay? How is processing delay of a packet in a node 
simulated in ns?

>From a first examination of the code, I think that processing delay is 0. 
Hope I am wrong.

George

On Thursday 07 June 2001 03:01, Debojyoti Dutta wrote:
> When you set the link delay you set the propagation delay. The
> transmission delay is given by 1/BW and the queuing delay depends on the
> buffer capacity, average queue length and the queueing discipline.
>
> For longer packets, delay will be longer.
>
> Hope this helps
> Debo
>
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Huan Pham wrote:
> > Hi NS users,
> >
> > My understand is that the Delay of a packet over a link consists of 4
> > elements:
> >
> > 1 - Queueing Delay
> > 2 - Processing Delay
> > 3 - Propogation Delay (negligible for most scenario, excluding satelite)
> > 4 - Transmission Delay (= packetSize / Bandwidth)