Benchmark numbers (throughput) from the testbed
Test setup
All the tests were conducted on node4-1 and node4-3 of the ORBIT testbed (sb9).
| Packet size | 1400 byte
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| Software | Iperf
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Wired experiments
The first tests were conducted to test the CPU processing capabilities on the wired Ethernet interface (1 Gig speed)
| TCP | UDP
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| 278 Mbps | 294 Mbps
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Wireless Experiments
The following PHY and MAC parameters were used
| Channel | 64
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| Mode | 802.11a
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| Packet size | 1400 byte
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| Driver | Madwifi (~06/2005 CVS version with Libmac modifications)
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Master/Managed mode with autorate and retries enabled
| TCP | UDP
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| 24.04 Mbps | 32.5 Mbps
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Ad-hoc mode with autorate and retries enabled
| TCP | UDP
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| 22.8 Mbps | 29.85 Mbps
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Master/Managed mode with autorate and retries disabled
| TCP | UDP
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| 20 Mbps | 31.68 Mbps
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Ad-hoc mode with autorate and retries disabled
| TCP | UDP
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| 19.68 Mbps | 28.42 Mbps
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