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Diffstat (limited to 'nfvbench/traffic_gen/traffic_utils.py')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nfvbench/traffic_gen/traffic_utils.py b/nfvbench/traffic_gen/traffic_utils.py index 4a7f855..c3428a4 100644 --- a/nfvbench/traffic_gen/traffic_utils.py +++ b/nfvbench/traffic_gen/traffic_utils.py @@ -20,18 +20,29 @@ imix_avg_l2_size = None def convert_rates(l2frame_size, rate, intf_speed): + """Convert a given rate unit into the other rate units. + + l2frame_size: size of the L2 frame in bytes or 'IMIX' + rate: a dict that has at least one of the following key: + 'rate_pps', 'rate_bps', 'rate_percent' + with the corresponding input value + intf_speed: the line rate speed in bits per second + """ avg_packet_size = get_average_packet_size(l2frame_size) if 'rate_pps' in rate: + # input = packets/sec initial_rate_type = 'rate_pps' pps = rate['rate_pps'] bps = pps_to_bps(pps, avg_packet_size) load = bps_to_load(bps, intf_speed) elif 'rate_bps' in rate: + # input = bits per second initial_rate_type = 'rate_bps' bps = rate['rate_bps'] load = bps_to_load(bps, intf_speed) pps = bps_to_pps(bps, avg_packet_size) elif 'rate_percent' in rate: + # input = percentage of the line rate (between 0.0 and 100.0) initial_rate_type = 'rate_percent' load = rate['rate_percent'] bps = load_to_bps(load, intf_speed) |