[Csci551-talk] Re: "pathchar" docs?

[shshank sharma]

> 2. "pathchar" docs? (Ramesh Sarangarajan) 
> Is there any good documentation (not the usage notes) about how 
> the "pathchar" tool works? 

Pathchar basically estimates the throughput and latency based on repeated 
RTT measurements trying to reach the minimum possible RTT. 
You might find this acrobat file useful. 

http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/310000/301582/p222-downey.pdf?key1=301582&key2=6225435401&coll=portal&dl=ACM&CFID=11111111&CFTOKEN=2222222 

Even msri-talk.pdf available at ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/pathchar/ talks about this. 
Let me know if the links dont work for you, I can send the files across. 

- Sharma.