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From: rfox@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Richard Fox)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc,comp.protocols.iso,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: What is the procedure to simulate the limits of protocols?
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Date: 11 Jan 88 18:55:14 GMT
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In article <1477@cuuxb.ATT.COM> jth@cuuxb.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) writes:
>In article <4431@caip.rutgers.edu> schen@caip.rutgers.edu (Shin Chen) writes:
>>
>>I would like know how one goes about finding the theoretical and real
>>limits (maximum, minimum,and average) of various protocols. This includes
>>equipment, methodology and/or ideas.  
>>- Shin Chen
>Misha Shwarz of Columbia University has written a good text on the
>subject. It's more on the analysis side but it's part of the answer to
>your question. Protocol venders should be able to provide benchmark
>data (caveat emptor) on their products.
>					Joe Heneghan

Do you know where we can get a  copy of this document? I would be interested
in reading this document, because one of things that I am doing is trying
to find the real limts on certain protocols and hardware and I have found
that it is not easily modeled by any sain computation.


thanks rich
.