research plans  (years 1 and 2)


Year 1: 
  - evaluate measurement methodologies and tools
  - measurement methodologies for capacity, avail bw, BTC metric, 
     aggregate BTC
  - develop tools,  test & calibrate in real network paths
  - distribute to networking and SciDAC communities

Year 2:  
  - focus on integration with user applications/transport protocols 
  - incorporate available bandwidth measurement methodology in TCP 
     window control
  - develop UDP based file transfer application that uses SLoPS
     methodology to adjust transfer rate in response to congestion 
  - examine different methods for capturing path characteristics without 
     saturating the path: parallel TCP connections, changes in TCP 
     congestion control, direct available bandwidth monitoring