VILLASframework
Modular co-simulation framework
Test Round-trip Time

The Test Round-trip Time node-type is a virtual node-type which can be used to measure round-trip time to other nodes. The test_rtt nodes periodically generate probes which must be looped back via a second node:

Prerequisites

This node-type does not have any special library dependencies. It is always available.

Implementation

The source code of the node-type is available here: https://git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/node/blob/master/lib/nodes/test_rtt.cpp

Configuration

Todo:

Example

nodes = {
rtt_node = { # The "test_rtt" node-type runs a set of test cases for varying
type = "test_rtt", # sending rates, number of values and generates statistics.
cooldown = 2, # The cooldown time between each test case in seconds
prefix = "test_rtt_%y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S", # An optional prefix in the filename
output = "./results", # The output directory for all results
# The results of each test case will be written to a seperate file.
format = "villas.human", # The output format of the result files.
cases = ( # The list of test cases
# Each test case can specify a single or an array of rates and values
# If arrays are used, we will generate multiple test cases with all
# possible combinations
{
rates = 55.0, # The sending rate in Hz
values = [ 5, 10, 20], # The number of values which should be send in each sample
limit = 100 # The number of samples which should be send during this test case
},
{
rates = [ 5, 10, 30 ], # An array of rates in Hz
values = [ 2, 10, 20 ],# An array of number of values
duration = 5 # The duration of the test case in seconds (depending on the sending rate)
}
)
}
}
paths = (
{
# Simple loopback path to test the node
in = "rtt_node"
out = "rtt_node"
# hooks = (
# {
# type = "print"
# }
# )
}
)