The use of end-to-end multicast measurements for characterizinginternal network behavior
Adams, A.; Tian Bu; Friedman, T.; Horowitz, J.; Towsley, D.; Caceres, R.; Duffield, N.; Presti, F.L.; Moon, S.B.; Paxson, V.
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Volume 38, Issue 5, May 2000 Page(s):152 - 159
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/35.841840
Summary:We present a novel methodology for identifying internal network
performance characteristics based on end-to-end multicast measurements.
The methodology, solidly grounded on statistical estimation theory, can
be used to characterize the internal loss and delay behavior of a
network. Measurements on the MBone have been used to validate the
approach in the case of losses. Extensive simulation experiments provide
further validation of the approach, not only for losses, but also for
delays. We also describe our strategy for deploying the methodology on
the Internet. This includes the continued development of the National
Internet Measurement Infrastructure to support RTP-based end-to-end
multicast measurements and the development of software tools to analyze
the traces. Once complete, this combined software/hardware
infrastructure will provide a service for understanding and forecasting
the performance of the Internet
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