Internet performance monitoring

Author

Chen, Thomas M. ; Hu, Lucia

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

90

Issue

9

fYear

2002

fDate

9/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1592

Lastpage

1603

Abstract

The growing diversity of services in the Internet is motivating research to improve measurability of traffic and Internet performance. This paper surveys current projects and tools for Internet performance monitoring, ranging from passive router-based traffic flow measurement methods to large-scale active performance monitoring projects. The tools and methods are discussed according to their protocol layer, starting from the network layer (ATM, MPLS) to IP/ICMP and transport/application layers. At each protocol layer the strengths and limitations of the methods are highlighted. Finally, issues and challenges for future research are reviewed

Keywords

Internet; monitoring; performance evaluation; reviews; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; ATM; IP/ICMP; Internet performance monitoring; MPLS; large-scale active performance monitoring projects; network layer; passive router-based traffic flow measurement; protocol layer; research; transport/application layers; Application software; Delay; IP networks; Large-scale systems; Measurement; Monitoring; Spine; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2002.802006

Filename

1041064