• The solid lines represent the measured data
• The dot on the solid line (if present) represents the predicted point after which the router saturates its outbound bandwidth
• The dashed line (if present) is the predicted curve for the solid line of the same color

click each image to see a more detailed set of boxplots on the same data

Data vs Receiver count

According to the model, all measurements made in the router should be independent of the number of receivers, and thus the curves should be flat

Router Send Rate, measured at the socket

Router Send Rate, measured at the link

Packet drop rate at the router, due to saturation

Router send tokens

Router send ctokens

Data vs Branching factor

Branching factor is the number of nodes the router actually supplies data to, and thus is the important parameter affecting bandwidth and saturation

Router Send Rate, measured at the socket

Router Send Rate, measured at the link

Packet drop rate at the router, due to saturation

Router send tokens

Router send ctokens