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dc.date.accessioned2013-03-12T07:57:25Z
dc.date.available2013-03-12T07:57:25Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.date.submitted2005-05-24en_US
dc.identifier.citationThorkildssen, Håvard Wik. Passive Traffic Characterization and Analysis in Heterogeneous IP Networks. Masteroppgave, University of Oslo, 2005en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10852/9273
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis we revisit a handful of well-known experiments, using modern tools, to see if results yielded from earlier experiments are valid for today's heterogeneous networks. The traffic properties we look at are relevant for designing and optimizing network equipment, such as routers and switches, and when building corporate networks. We have looked at the characteristics of two different heterogeneous networks; a university network, and an ISP network. We have captured traffic from different weeks, and at different times of the day. We first describe the challenges involved with collecting, processing and analyzing traffic traces from high-speed networks. Then we then look at the various factors that contribute to uncertainty in such measurements, and we try to deduct these factors. The experiments involve collection and analysis of high-resolution traffic traces from two operative networks, each of which contains several gigabytes of network traffic data. We look at properties such as: Packet inter-arrival time distributions, packet size distributions, modeling packet arrivals (self-similarity versus Poisson), traffic per application (egress traffic per destination port), and protocol distributions. A simplistic attempt to quantify the volume of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) traffic inspecting both header data and payload is conducted to evaluate the efficiency of today's methodology for identification (port numbers only). We have used freely available tools like TCPDump, Ethereal, TEthereal, Ntop, and especially the CAIDA CoralReef suite. The shortcomings of these tools for particular tasks have been compensated for by writing custom-made Perl scripts, proving that it is possible to do advanced analysis with fairly simple means. Our results reveal that there are in fact measurable differences in terms of packet inter-arrival time distributions and statistical properties in the two networks. We also find significant differences in the application distribution, and the deployment of new technologies such as Multicast.nor
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titlePassive Traffic Characterization and Analysis in Heterogeneous IP Networksen_US
dc.typeMaster thesisen_US
dc.date.updated2005-07-25en_US
dc.creator.authorThorkildssen, Håvard Wiken_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::420en_US
dc.identifier.bibliographiccitationinfo:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft.au=Thorkildssen, Håvard Wik&rft.title=Passive Traffic Characterization and Analysis in Heterogeneous IP Networks&rft.inst=University of Oslo&rft.date=2005&rft.degree=Masteroppgaveen_US
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-10614en_US
dc.type.documentMasteroppgaveen_US
dc.identifier.duo27581en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorDag Langmyhr, Hårek Haugeruden_US
dc.identifier.bibsys051368021en_US
dc.identifier.fulltextFulltext https://www.duo.uio.no/bitstream/handle/10852/9273/1/Passivemeasurements-1.0.pdf


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