I think even packets are a network construct. End/end protocols don't write
packets. They mostly make writes() and reads and have no clue about
packets. Except for, of course, UDP which you know everything about being
the original designer.
Agreed the telemetry is most interesting and a huge void
I think we need the language of math here. It seems like the network power
metric, introduced by Kleinrock and Jaffe in the late 70s, is something
useful. Effective end/end queue depths per Little's law also seems useful.
Both are available in iperf 2 from a test perspective. Repurposing test
techn
