Assignment 1
Measure the latency and throughput of TCP and UDP across at least
three pairs of machines using at least two different networks. For
example, two CS servers (like moxie and gee), or a CS server to
a laptop, etc. Create a web page with graphs
summarizing your results. Include the following measurements:
- Measure round-trip latency as a function of message
size, by sending and receiving (echoing) messages of size
1, 4, 16, 64, 256, and 1024 bytes. Measure RTTs.
- Measure throughput by sending messages of size 1K, 4K, 16K,
64K, 256K, and 1M bytes in each direction. Measure transfer
rates.
- Measure the interaction between message size and number of
messages (using TCP only) by sending 1MByte of data (with a
1-byte acknowledgment in the reverse direction) using
different numbers of messages: 256 x 4KByte messages, 512 x
2KByte messages, 1024 x 1KByte messages, and so on.
For timing, use System.nanoTime. Read through the
Java networking tutorial. Also see
SimpleService.java and EchoClient.java
for some stripped-down examples of using server and client sockets.
When using non-CS machines and networks, minimize unnecessary
traffic while developing your programs.
Doug
Lea