[Fwd: Re: [ippm] a question on 'speeds']

[Henk Uijterwaal <[e-mail]>]

Victor,

> Is there a good reference to the definition of the words: bandwidth, 
> rate, capacity, speed?
> In some way I want to put in a document a few things:
> . the actual bit/s a user can sent of the link: Here Available 
> Bandwidth, Bottleneck bandwidth but also bulk transfer capacity (tcp) 
> come into thought. But what is the best word here?
> . we have an interface speed, so something that is physically determined 
> by a clock speed). Is that speed or rate or ???
> 
> Any help in finding defined terms can help me.

Look at:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ippm-bw-capacity-04.txt

(And please speak up if you see anything missing there).

Henk

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> Victor
> 
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