[ndnSIM] understanding payload size paramaters

[Alex Afanasyev]

Hi Yowaraj

On Nov 21, 2013, at 7:17 PM, Yowaraj Chhetri <yowarj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Sir,
> 
> Would you rectify my underlined doubts please. I am a new to ndnSim.
> 
> 1) producerHelper.SetAttribute ("PayloadSize", StringValue("1024")); 
> what does payload size 1024 mean? 1024 bits or 1024 bytes, etc ?

It is 1024 bytes.


> 2)ndnHelper.SetContentStore ("ns3::ndn::cs::Lru", "MaxSize", "100");
> what does Maxsize 100 mean? 100 entries of payload size 1024 ? or 100 bits, 100 bytes, etc?

This one is 100 entries (the location of the MaxSize parameter is "slightly" hidden, but it is here: http://ndnsim.net/doxygen/classns3_1_1ndn_1_1cs_1_1_lru.html).

> I want to set a routers cache size to 10GB, what should be my CS_Maxsize be, if the payload size is 10MB?

Should be 1000.

---
Alex

> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> With kind regards,
> 
> Yowaraj Chhetri
> Kyushu Univeristy,
> Fukuoka: Japan

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