User-oriented performance evaluation of data communication services: measurement design

Author

Bloomfield, Randall S. ; Spies, Kenneth P.

Author_Institution

US Dept. of Commerce, Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

11-14 Jun 1989

Firstpage

82

Abstract

The experimental design used by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) to measure the user information transfer performance parameters specified in American National Standard X3.102 on several US public data networks is discussed. The experimental design was developed in accordance with the data communication performance measurement procedures specified in a related American National Standard, X3.141. After summarizing the experimental design, with a focus on the interface events and boundaries used to measure block transfer time, a comparison is made with the CCITT X.130-series recommendations that establish performance standards for international packet-switched public data networks. Differences between the interface boundaries and events instrumented in these measurements and those specified in the CCITT X.130-series recommendations are discussed

Keywords

data communication systems; packet switching; performance evaluation; standards; American National Standard X3.102; CCITT X.130-series recommendations; Institute for Telecommunication Sciences; USA; X3.141; block transfer time; boundaries; data communication services; experimental design; interface events; measurement design; packet switching; performance measurement; performance standards; public data networks; transfer performance parameters; user information; Communication standards; Communication switching; Data communication; Design for experiments; Measurement standards; Standards development; Telecommunication standards; Telephony; Testing; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1989.49673

Filename

49673