An Approach for Computer Network Comparison

Current metrics to quantitatively compare two computer networks are focused on performance aspects (latency and throughput), as these are of vital importance to the network engineering community. Other groups need a more holistic comparison, ideally one that can be quantitatively defined. This paper will examine prior work in the area of network comparison, present applications that require a more holistic comparison than what current techniques provide, and propose an approach for performing such a comparison.