[netperf-talk] Patch for demo mode

[Cook, Jonathan]

Some types of wireless may not be full duplex, but I am using FDD (frequency-division duplex) LTE which is definitely full duplex.

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Jones [mailto:rick.jones2 at hp.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 11:58 AM
To: Cook, Jonathan
Cc: netperf-talk at netperf.org
Subject: Re: [netperf-talk] Patch for demo mode

On 07/30/2012 11:58 AM, Cook, Jonathan wrote:
> Rick,
> You bring up some valid points.  I think, though, that the current 
> implementation gives misleading information when performing a UDP send 
> test and I believe this is an improvement.  It is not always possible 
> to login to a remote server (especially when conducting wireless tests 
> in the field as I am doing) so I need some more accurate interim 
> results from the netperf side.  It makes sense to enhance the patch by 
> using the elapsed time from netserver instead of the timestamps from 
> netperf.  I threw that information in the message from netserver, but 
> didn't use it because it was easier not to.  When I have some time I 
> can look into doing that.

Something just clicked in my brain wrt traffic on the control channel while the data channel is active - if I recall correctly, wireless isn't full-duplex.

rick