[Battlemesh] tests for WBMv3

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

On May 26, 2010, at 11:47 AM, L. Aaron Kaplan wrote:

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> On May 26, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Luca Tavanti wrote:
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>> Hi Aaron,
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>> How can you be sure that static routes are the optimum?
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> Hm, maybe I was not clear (I hinted it at in the parentheses):
> by designing the test network so that the other links are worse (of course you need to confirm this by measurement).
> Then as a result you have a network where your desinged links are optimum (optimum according to some criterium of course).
> Then you do static routes there.
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> So - as a result you have a benchmark against which you can compare different protocols in a *repeatable* way.

Sorry, should have been clearer here:
The *goal* would be to have a benchmark against which you can compare different protocols in a repeatable way.
But I am not sure if this will be possible in practice. Static routing comes to mind.

> The problem that I see with many of the WBM tests: it is nice to meet and to discover bugs while testing.
> But it is really hard to thoroughly convince oneself or somebody else that this measurement result is really true and repeatable.
> (changes in SNR, interference, ... you name it).
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