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1.2 Scope

The goal of RAMI is to allow the optimisation and monitoring of low bandwidth network links, including graphing and analysis of data logged. Its functionality is split into two components: FCM (Flow Control Module), and SAM (Statistical Analysis Module).

FCM is a set of Linux kernel modules implementing the Client's TCP window sizing algorithm, as described in the appendix, section A. The goal of FCM is to optimise the performance of low bandwidth network links, through changing the window size of TCP packets.

SAM is a statistics generator and analysis package. The goal of SAM is to enable the Client to evaluate the performance of his algorithm as implemented in FCM.

RAMI will be distributed online along with its code, to be contributed to the worldwide community under the GNU Public Licence (GPL).