Traffic analysis of Internet-based multiplayer online games from a client perspective

Author

McEachen, John C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Naval Postgraduate Sch., Monterey, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1722

Abstract

An analysis of self-similarity in traffic generated by the popular Internet-based online game engine, unreal engine, is presented. Client-side packet traces are collected and analyzed for both client and server traffic. Initial analysis of over two million packets indicates client generated traffic shows strong long-range dependence of a self-similar nature primarily due to packet interarrival times associated with user actions. On the contrary, server generated traffic seen at the client, while still exhibiting a heavy tail, is more short-range dependent in regions where self-similarity is observed.

Keywords

Internet; computer games; telecommunication traffic; Internet; client traffic; client-side packet traces; multiplayer online games; packet interarrival times; server traffic; traffic analysis; unreal engine; Internet; Investments; Open source software; Recruitment; Seals; Search engines; Statistical analysis; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2003 and Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia. Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Conference of the Fourth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8185-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2003.1292761

Filename

1292761