davy@RIACS.EDU (02/24/89)
One of the researchers here is looking for information about how long it takes to process a "network packet". For the type of stuff she needs, it really doesn't matter what "network packet" is, it could be TCP/IP, DECNET, XNS, whatever. TCP/IP or OSI would probably be best, though. Anyway, what she's looking for is stuff which answers questions like, "given a bunch of data to send, how long does it take to stick the headers on, increment the sequence number, compute the ckecksums, etc. before sticking the packet on the wire?" The timings can be for any arbitrary processor, although something "well known" like a Vax, Sun, or PC would be preferred. Hopefully the above is clear. If anyone has any data like this they'd be willing to let us have, or any pointers to published work on the above, please reply to me (not the list) via mail. If there's enough interest, I'll summarize my findings back to the list. Thanks, Dave Curry Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science davy@riacs.edu