[ndnSIM] leaky bucket start time

[Alex Afanasyev]

True. But if two guys receive a packet at the same time (can happen in some simple topologies), they would start leaking at the same time, resulting in synchronized decision, which may lead to unexpected results (I had them with simplistic topologies).

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Alex

On Feb 13, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Yaogong Wang <ywang15 at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> It doesn't seem to make much sense. The bucket anyway starts out as empty. Leaking won't really happen until someone calls BorrowLimit().
> 
> Yaogong
> 
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Alex Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've put it there to ensure that nodes don't make a synchronized leaks of buckets, which impossible in real life, but could happen in some cases in the simulations.
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> Alex
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> On Feb 13, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Yaogong Wang <ywang15 at ncsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm curious why do we randomize the leak start time in LimitsRate::NotifyNewAggregate() under untils/ndn-limits-rate.cc. Why can't we just start leaking at 0.0?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Yaogong
> 
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