From bmwg-admin@ietf.org Wed May 16 22:31:52 2001 Return-Path: Received: from optimus.ietf.org (ietf.org [132.151.1.19]) by dokka.maxware.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA09677 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 22:31:51 +0200 Received: from optimus.ietf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA19331; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:24:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ietf.org (odin [132.151.1.176]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA19300 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:24:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from zrc2s03g.nortelnetworks.com ([47.103.122.66]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id QAA18474 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:24:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtprch1.nortel.com (erchg0j.us.nortel.com [47.113.64.103]) by zrc2s03g.nortelnetworks.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA15804 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 15:25:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: from zsc4c000.us.nortel.com by smtprch1.nortel.com; Wed, 16 May 2001 15:24:28 -0500 Received: by zsc4c000.us.nortel.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 13:24:01 -0700 Message-ID: <5546C40EAD51D311BD7A0008C791547607320C2E@zsc4c012.us.nortel.com> From: "John Tinsley" To: bmwg@ietf.org Cc: "Andy Rao" , "Curtis Santos" Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:23:54 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE46.20872A60" Subject: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit Sender: bmwg-admin@ietf.org Errors-To: bmwg-admin@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Benchmarking Methodology Working Group X-BeenThere: bmwg@ietf.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE46.20872A60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" BMWGers, I am having a diffierence of opinion with a colleague. When calculating kilobits per second, should be define kilobit as 1000 bits or 1024 bits? Comments please!! ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE46.20872A60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Definition of kilowbit

BMWGers,

I am having a diffierence of opinion = with a colleague.  When calculating kilobits per second, should be = define kilobit as 1000 bits or 1024 bits?

Comments please!!

------_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE46.20872A60-- _______________________________________________ bmwg mailing list bmwg@ietf.org http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bmwg From bmwg-admin@ietf.org Wed May 16 22:39:52 2001 Return-Path: Received: from optimus.ietf.org (ietf.org [132.151.1.19]) by dokka.maxware.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA09757 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 22:39:51 +0200 Received: from optimus.ietf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA20046; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:38:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ietf.org (odin [132.151.1.176]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA20016 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:38:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from palrel2.hp.com (palrel2.hp.com [156.153.255.234]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id QAA18713 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from tardy.cup.hp.com (tardy.cup.hp.com [15.8.80.176]) by palrel2.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A9CF3A20; Wed, 16 May 2001 13:38:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cup.hp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tardy.cup.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id NAA15851; Wed, 16 May 2001 13:38:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3B02E54D.350F51F7@cup.hp.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:38:37 -0700 From: Rick Jones Organization: the Unofficial HP X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; HP-UX B.11.00 9000/785) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Tinsley Cc: bmwg@ietf.org, Andy Rao , Curtis Santos Subject: Re: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit References: <5546C40EAD51D311BD7A0008C791547607320C2E@zsc4c012.us.nortel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: bmwg-admin@ietf.org Errors-To: bmwg-admin@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Benchmarking Methodology Working Group X-BeenThere: bmwg@ietf.org fwif, most networks specify their performance in terms of bits per second in powers of ten, so i and netperf use that when reporting throughput in bits per second - and it is made explicit by saying N.NN 10^6 bits per second. when talking about bytes per second, netperf uses powers of two. rick jones -- ftp://ftp.cup.hp.com/dist/networking/misc/rachel/ these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to email, OR post, but please do NOT do BOTH... my email address is raj in the cup.hp.com domain... _______________________________________________ bmwg mailing list bmwg@ietf.org http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bmwg From bmwg-admin@ietf.org Thu May 17 01:27:32 2001 Return-Path: Received: from optimus.ietf.org (ietf.org [132.151.1.19]) by dokka.maxware.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA10643 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 01:27:31 +0200 Received: from optimus.ietf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA25286; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:26:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ietf.org (odin [132.151.1.176]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA25259 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:26:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from exch-connector.netcomsystems.com (mushroom.netcomsystems.com [12.9.24.195]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id TAA21134 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 19:26:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: by exch-connector.netcomsystems.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:26:21 -0700 Message-ID: <9384475DFC05D2118F9C00805F6F2631018A5600@exchange1.netcomsystems.com> From: "Perser, Jerry" To: "BMWG (E-mail)" Subject: RE: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 16:26:21 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: bmwg-admin@ietf.org Errors-To: bmwg-admin@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Benchmarking Methodology Working Group X-BeenThere: bmwg@ietf.org John, The International System of units (SI) defines kilo as 1000. There is another unit approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) in December 1998. The unit kibi represents 1024. NIST has a nice write up on it at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/prefixes.html and http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html Jerry. -----Original Message----- From: John Tinsley [mailto:jtinsley@nortelnetworks.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:24 PM To: bmwg@ietf.org Cc: Andy Rao; Curtis Santos Subject: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit BMWGers, I am having a diffierence of opinion with a colleague. When calculating kilobits per second, should be define kilobit as 1000 bits or 1024 bits? Comments please!! ___________________________________________________________ Jerry Perser Phone: 818.676.2320 SmartLab Manager Lab: 818.676.2337 Netcom Systems Inc. Fax: 818.880.9165 26750 Agoura Road Corp: 818.676.2300 Calabasas, CA, 91302 Pager: 8185963000.0089988@pagenet.net _______________________________________________ bmwg mailing list bmwg@ietf.org http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bmwg From bmwg-admin@ietf.org Thu May 17 14:38:18 2001 Return-Path: Received: from optimus.ietf.org (ietf.org [132.151.1.19]) by dokka.maxware.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA15339 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 14:38:17 +0200 Received: from optimus.ietf.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id IAA29751; Thu, 17 May 2001 08:37:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ietf.org (odin [132.151.1.176]) by optimus.ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA19701 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:30:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from racerx.ixiacom.com ([64.60.75.69]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with SMTP id QAA18553 for ; Wed, 16 May 2001 16:30:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: by racerx.ixiacom.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 16 May 2001 13:25:54 -0700 Message-ID: <9A9C83C019F35D47A570460E87D5D8AB777132@racerx.ixiacom.com> From: Nick Ambrose To: "'John Tinsley'" , bmwg@ietf.org Cc: Andy Rao , Curtis Santos Subject: RE: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:25:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C0DE46.6263AB70" Sender: bmwg-admin@ietf.org Errors-To: bmwg-admin@ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Benchmarking Methodology Working Group X-BeenThere: bmwg@ietf.org This message is in MIME format. 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-----Original Message-----
From: John Tinsley [mailto:jtinsley@nortelnetworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 1:24 PM
To: bmwg@ietf.org
Cc: Andy Rao; Curtis Santos
Subject: [bmwg] Definition of kilowbit

BMWGers,

I am having a diffierence of opinion with a colleague.  When calculating kilobits per second, should be define kilobit as 1000 bits or 1024 bits?

Comments please!!

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