Week of February 3rd, 2025 + prior

• Performed preliminary research on the topic, including prior work and studies done. 

• Created project plan including scope, metrics of interest, and rough methodology. 

• Completed project proposal.

Week of February 17th, 2025 + prior

• Finished setting up the testing environment, including a virtual machine running mininet.

• Formalized our methodology for testing and analysis.

• Completed first biweekly update

Week of March 3rd, 2025 + prior

• Focused on fixing various issues with the automated test script and collecting data for future analysis.

• Added encryption key types as another test variable. 

• Completed second biweekly update

Week of March 17th, 2025 + prior

• Work predominantly focused on fixing issues with the test script, data aggregation and analysis. 

• Divided up data analysis into subsections of interest and created plots to interpret results. 

• Completed third biweekly update

Week of March 31st, 2025 + prior

• Developed final report draft.

• Completed data analysis/interpretation and used to draw conclusions on protocol performance and use cases.

• Completed project presentation.

Week of April 7th, 2025 + prior

•  Finalized comparative analysis/conclusions.

• Completed final project report