Research Article
Packet Tracking in PlanetLab Europe – A Use Case
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_22, author={Tanja Zseby and Christian Henke and Michael Kleis}, title={Packet Tracking in PlanetLab Europe -- A Use Case}, proceedings={Testbeds and Research Infrastructures. Development of Networks and Communities. 6th International ICST Conference, TridentCom 2010, Berlin, Germany, May 18-20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={packet tracking multipoint measurement hash-based packet selection IPFIX PlanetLab Europe}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_22} }- Tanja Zseby
Christian Henke
Michael Kleis
Year: 2012
Packet Tracking in PlanetLab Europe – A Use Case
TRIDENTCOM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-17851-1_22
Abstract
Making observations is fundamental for experimental research. Experimental facilities have to provide sophisticated and flexible tools to support scientific experiments by logging experiment results and monitoring environment conditions. Standardized measurements in experimental facilities can also provide consistent input for experiments with adaptive algorithms. In this paper we present a packet tracking architecture for PlanetLab Europe. Packet tracking correlates information from multiple observation points to observe the packet’s path and experienced transmission quality. In our approach we use statistical sampling to control the measurement resource consumption and show how data selection processes at multiple observation points can be synchronized. As an example use case we show how the packet tracking architecture is used to support experiments on functional composition.
