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Subject: Re: Interarrival time time
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:30:37 -0700
From: Bill Cheng <william@bourbon.usc.edu>

Someone wrote:

  > Here's a case:
  > 
  > The GetInterval function returns 2ms
  > And the processing time diff is 5 ms
  > 
  > What should be done if processing time exceeds the interarrival time in arrival thread?
  > Should the sleep time be considered 0 and interarrival time = processing time?

The sleep time should be zero (i.e., you should not sleep).
The inter-arrival time should be whatever you measured.
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Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu <URL:http://merlot.usc.edu/william/usc/>