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Goodput

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For example, if a file is transferred, the goodput that the user experiences corresponds to the file size in bits divided by the file transfer time. The goodput is always lower than the throughput (the gross bit rate that is transferred physically), which generally is lower than network access
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are further limited to 1448 bytes as they also carry a 12-byte time stamp). The data is transmitted over Ethernet in a frame, which imposes a 26 byte overhead per packet. Given these overheads, the maximum
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bits as well as retransmitted data packets. This is related to the amount of time from the first bit of the first packet sent (or delivered) until the last bit of the last packet is delivered.
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Inter-packet time gaps caused by packet generation processing time (a source that does not use the full network capacity), or by protocol timing (for example
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The goodput is a ratio between delivered amount of information, and the total delivery time. This delivery time includes:
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in congested switches and routers, is included in the datalink layer or network layer throughput but not in the goodput.
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Over Ethernet files are broken down into individual chunks for transmission. These chunks are no larger than the
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delivered by the network to a certain destination per unit of time. The amount of data considered excludes
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Packet retransmission time (in case of deleted packets in congested routers, or detected bit errors)
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Energy-Efficient Power and Rate Control with QoS Constraints: A Game-Theoretic Approach
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Note that this example doesn't consider additional Ethernet overhead, such as the
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and the TCP window size in effect rate-limit each individual TCP connection, see
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throughput of a communication; i.e. the number of useful information
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Examples of factors that cause lower goodput than throughput are:
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header information, leaving 1460 bytes per packet for file data (
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Retransmission of lost or corrupt packets due to transport layer
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RFC 2647 — Benchmarking Terminology for Firewall Performance
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references
inline citations
improve
introducing
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portmanteau
good
throughput
application-level
bits
protocol overhead
channel capacity
bandwidth
flow control
congestion avoidance
automatic repeat request
packet dropping
maximum transmission unit
bytes
IPv4
TCP
Linux
macOS
Mbit/s
megabytes per second
interframe gap
round-trip delay time
bandwidth-delay product
collision avoidance
transmission delay

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