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| author | Georg Koppen <gk@torproject.org> | 2021-03-22 10:28:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Georg Koppen <gk@torproject.org> | 2021-03-22 10:37:51 +0000 |
| commit | e6b05bf44888ba35735e5293e4faa79a3cbac66d (patch) | |
| tree | e68b1cda6555e27cdb6093a8139f3d998bc02908 /bandwidth-file-spec.txt | |
| parent | baf7bc9cf7d474e77daa9922471c2b090d90053d (diff) | |
| download | torspec-e6b05bf44888ba35735e5293e4faa79a3cbac66d.tar.gz torspec-e6b05bf44888ba35735e5293e4faa79a3cbac66d.zip | |
Clarify Torflow's aggregation steps
Closes torspec#40.
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diff --git a/bandwidth-file-spec.txt b/bandwidth-file-spec.txt index fdb5bd5..924623e 100644 --- a/bandwidth-file-spec.txt +++ b/bandwidth-file-spec.txt @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ B.3. Quota changes consensus diffs and compressed consensuses. But if the relay quota is too small, some relays may be over- or under-weighted. -B.4. Torflow aggreation +B.4. Torflow aggregation Torflow implements two methods to compute the bandwidth values from the (stream) bandwidth measurements: with and without PID control feedback. @@ -1192,9 +1192,9 @@ B.4. Torflow aggreation measured (`n`), ie, calculate the mean average of the relays' filtered bandwidth. - calculate the stream average by dividing the sum of all the - relays' filtered bandwidth by the number of relays that have been + relays' measured bandwidth by the number of relays that have been measured (`n`), ie, calculate the mean average or the relays' - measured bandwidth. + measured bandwidth. In pseudocode: @@ -1213,8 +1213,8 @@ B.4. Torflow aggreation r_strm_i = bw_i / bw_avg_strm 4. Calculate the final ratio for each relay: - The final ratio is the larger between the filtered bandwidth and the - stream bandwidth. + The final ratio is the larger between the filtered bandwidth's and the + stream bandwidth's ratio. In pseudocode: |