Throughput
The network throughput of a connection with flow control, for example a TCP connection, with a certain window size (buffer size), can be expressed as:
- Network throughput ≈ Window size / roundtrip time
In case of only one physical link between the sending and transmitting nodes, this corresponds to:
- Link throughput ≈ Bitrate * Transmission time / roundtrip time
The message delivery time or latency over a network depends on the message size in bit, and the network throughput or effective data rate in bit/s, as:
- Message delivery time = Message size / Network throughput
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