Re: Average case performance vs. Worst-case guarantee

2003-09-26 Thread Mark Rogaski
An entity claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : :When an ISP buys a router does it want a worst-case guarantee about the : router's capabilities? Or will it buy a router which can give better : performance in the average case (it may drop some packets if the traffic

Average case performance vs. Worst-case guarantee

2003-09-25 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, I have this question to which I have not been able to get a conclusive answer (I have heard different things). When an ISP buys a router does it want a worst-case guarantee about the router's capabilities? Or will it buy a router which can give better performance in the average case (it