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same routing protocol revision and configuration for every test routing protocols are tested in turn (i.e. not altogether) cpu and memory consumption should be tracked during each test no points, just results and a final analysis

To be performed on a subset of the nodes. L1, L2: laptops A, B, C: wireless nodes link A-B uses association rate r1 link A-C uses association rate r2 r2 > r1 - and | are cables : are wireless links

5x for each protocol perform a continuous traceroute (mtr or whatever) from L1 to L2 load the network with UDP (iperf or whatever) from L1 to L2 start a 11 minutes download from L2 to L1 see how many times (if any) the route flaps in 11 minutes see if the routing protocol prefers the slow or the fast route

Check the stability of the routing protocol, and if the metric is effective.

To be performed on a subset of the nodes. L1, L2: laptops A, B, D: nodes set on channel x C, E: nodes set on channel y - and | are cables : are wireless links

only 1x for each protocol perform a continuous traceroute (mtr or whatever) from L1 to L2 load the network with TCP (iperf) from L1 to L2 for 21 minutes sleep until the end of the iperf stream see for which fraction of the time the routing protocol chooses the best route (L1->A->B->C->E->L2) see the amount of transferred bytes

See if the routing protocol prefers the channel-changing route, by design or by just because is the best path.

To be performed on the whole mesh. GW1 and GW2: gateways announcing the address of L2 The metric from L1 to GW1 is significantly better than the metric from L1 to GW2

repeat 3x for each protocol traceroute from L1 to L2 and verify that the path goes through GW1 start pinging from L1 to L2 start a continuous traceroute (mtr or whatever) from L1 to L2 turn off GW1 count the number of pings from the first lost ping to the first subsequent successful ping after 2 minutes from its turning off, turn back on GW1 and start a stopwatch measure the time needed to the network to use GW1 again

Just convergence time.

To be performed on the whole mesh L1, L2, L3, L4: laptops A, B, C, D: edge wireless nodes

only 1x for each protocol start, at the same time: a 21 minutes TCP stream between L1 and L2 a 21 minutes TCP stream between L3 and L4 sleep for 21 minutes measure the total number of bytes transferred

See if the routing protocol can choose the paths for the two streams that maximizes throughput.