Methodology of the direct measurement of the switching latency

The article provides a measurement methodology based on the related RFCs. It brings a solution of determining the switching latency on the physical layer using common measuring devices. As a proof of concept were done a number of the experimental measurements, including analysis of the results. Switching latency is an important performance parameter which participates in the decision-making whether to deploy the switch to low-latency environments. This is especially important in industrial networks for real-time systems involving smart grids. Determine the value of the switching latency is also an important step in the eventual deployment of the OpenFlow technology on this field. Streszczenie. Zaprezentowano metodę badania opóźnień w przełączaniu (switching latency) bazująca na RFC. Parametr ten jest bardzo ważny w sieciach przemysłowych łącznie z sieciami typu smart grid. (Metoda bezpośredniego pomiaru opóźnień przełączania w sieciach komputerowych)