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Request to Add Slot Functionality and Difficulty in Building the Project
First of all, I want to express my appreciation for this project. It’s an excellent tool, and it fits my needs perfectly. I really like it! However, I have encountered significant difficulties while trying to build the project. Despite spending a considerable amount of time on it, I couldn't successfully compile a working version due to issues when loading the app.js and webcomponents.min.js files in the browser.
I was particularly interested in adding support for the "slot" functionality as described in the tc-netem manual. This feature would allow emulating slotted networks and could provide a crude approximation of bursty MACs such as DOCSIS, WiFi, and LTE.
From the tc-netem manual: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/tc-netem.8.html
slot MIN_DELAY [ MAX_DELAY ]
allows emulating slotted networks. Defer delivering
accumulated packets to within a slot. Each available slot
is configured with a minimum delay to acquire, and an
optional maximum delay.
slot distribution
allows configuring based on distribution similar to
distribution option for packet delays.
These slot options can provide a crude approximation of
bursty MACs such as DOCSIS, WiFi, and LTE.
Slot emulation is limited by several factors: the kernel
clock granularity, as with a rate, and attempts to deliver
many packets within a slot will be smeared by the timer
resolution, and by the underlying native bandwidth also.
It is possible to combine slotting with a rate, in which
case complex behaviors where either the rate, or the slot
limits on bytes or packets per slot, govern the actual
delivered rate.
I believe adding this functionality would significantly enhance the project and make it even more versatile. Unfortunately, due to the challenges I've encountered during the build process, I haven't been able to implement this feature.
Thank you for your hard work and for considering this request. I look forward to any advice or solutions you can provide regarding the build issues.