Transport Layer Research & Evaluation
Cross-border network links frequently experience sudden bufferbloat, asymmetric path latencies, and packet reordering. AetherEdge benchmarks modern transport mechanisms to evaluate packet delivery performance across real-world internet routes.
By separating independent data streams over stateless datagram channels, application threads avoid head-of-line blocking when transient packet loss occurs on a single channel. We observe queue drain times and retransmission behavior under sustained load.
- Zero-copy kernel buffer allocation using epoll event polling
- Evaluation of adaptive rate-pacing algorithms versus loss-based congestion
- Per-stream flow control and connection migration resilience
Modern security standards must balance strong forward secrecy with minimal connection establishment delay. We benchmark modern TLS 1.3 handshake latencies across continental and transoceanic paths.
- Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman using Curve25519 (X25519) key exchange
- Cipher evaluation:
TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384vsChaCha20-Poly1305 - Automated certificate rotation monitoring via ACME DNS-01 verification
IPv4 and IPv6 traffic between the same physical endpoints often traverse entirely different autonomous system paths. Continuous traceroute probes map route drift, path symmetry, and latency divergence between the two address families.