Understanding end-to-end Internet traffic dynamics

Author

Andr?©n, Jonas ; Hilding, Magiius ; Veitch, Darryl

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

6/20/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1118

Abstract

An investigative tool for the direct study of end-to-end Internet traffic is presented, featuring a hybrid timing mechanism allowing high resolution time-stamping of packet departures in a UNIX environment. A method for the elimination of timing artifacts due to variations in clock rates, essential for the study of delay, is also presented. A preliminary report is gives on the detailed structure of end-to-end delay and loss processes using the tool. A number of consistent properties of interest are found including long range dependence in delay and a very simple structure for loss

Keywords

Internet; Unix; delays; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; timing; QoS; UNIX environment; clock rate; delay; end-to-end Internet traffic dynamics; high resolution time-stamping; hybrid timing mechanism; long range dependence; loss processes; packet departures; quality of service; timing artifacts elimination; Clocks; Delay; Fractals; Internet; Protocols; Sampling methods; State estimation; Synchronization; Telecommunication traffic; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776899

Filename

776899