•Test new advanced TCP stacks,
see how they perform on short and long-distance real production
WAN links
•Compare & contrast: ease of
configuration, throughput, convergence, fairness, stability
etc.
•For different RTTs, windows, txqueuelen
•Recommend “optimum” stacks for
data intensive science (BaBar) transfers using bbftp, bbcp,
GridFTP
•Validate simulator &
emulator findings & provide feedback