COMNET III

COMNET III Reports and Statistics
12.3 Packet Delay Report
GLOBAL SETUP COMMANDS: PACKET DELAY
REPLICATION 1 FROM 0.0 TO 300.0 SECONDS
ORIGIN / COMMAND NAME: NUMBER OF PACKETS PACKET DELAY (MS)
DESTINATION LIST CREATED DELIVERED RESENT DROPPED AVERAGE MAXIMUM
______________________ ________ ________ _____ _____ _________ __________
Application Workstation / src Application Request:
cmd Global Setup:
Application Server 48 16 0 0 2.798 9.998
The Packet Delay Report presents a summary for global setup commands of the number of
packets that were created, delivered, resent, or dropped. An average and maximum packet
delay is also displayed.
Packet Delay is the time between creating a packet on the originating node and the time of
receiving the packet at the destination node.
Packets Created
Packets Delivered
Packets Retransmitted
Packets Dropped
The number of packets created to send to the listed destination. Not all
packets need to be delivered before they appear on the report.
The number of packets received. This may differ from the number of
packets created by the number of packets that are in transit at the instant
the report is written.
The number of packets retransmitted. Packets may be retransmitted from
the origin because they are blocked at some point in route to the
destination. Blocking occurs when input or output buffers are full, or
when a node or link on the route fails.
The number of packets dropped. When a node or link fails, you can
specify whether the transmission should be reattempted. If so, the
retransmissions will be counted in the packets retransmitted field. If no
retransmission is specified then the packet will be dropped.
Packet Delay (MS)—Average, Maximum
The average and maximum observed packet delay.
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