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Inbound TCP Service Demand
Figure 3 and Table 3 show the service demand for 512, 1024, and 8192 byte inbound packets.
Figure 3 Inbound TCP Service Demand
Inbound TCP Service Demand
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512 1024 8192
Packet Size (Bytes)
Service Demand (us/KB)
No IPFilter
IPFilter without Rules
IPFilter with Rules
Table 3 Inbound TCP Service Demand
Packet Size Service Demand
without IPFilter
(μs/KB)
Service Demand with
IPFilter and No Rules
(μs/KB)
Service Demand with
IPFilter Rules (μs/KB)
512 10.998 11.298
(2.73% increase)
16.295
(48.16% increase)
1024 10.491 11.239
(7.13% increase)
13.37
(27.44% increase)
8192 6.657 6.716
(0.87% increase)
9.384
(41% increase)