From 42e7f6af6f8755a0de61126aae290cc5233e34da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jak Daniels Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 15:28:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated documentation regarding network bandwidth. --- README.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1387911..e694b8f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ throw the constituent parts of a 200 linked prim dragon. Tests show that <= 500 single prims can be flocked effectively - depending on system and network However maybe <= 300 simple linksets can perform as well. +Network Traffic: + +I tested the amount of network traffic generated by bird updates. 20 birds (each with 4 linked prims) takes up about 300kbps +in network position updates. 50 of the same birds generates about 750kbps traffic. +Each bird uses roughly 15kbps of network traffic. This is all measured using an update framerate of 1, i.e. birds' position +is updated every simulator frame. + Please Note