Precision and accuracy of network traffic generators for packet-by-packet traffic analysis

Marcos  Paredes-Farrera; Martin  Fleury; Mohammed  Ghanbari

2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

Precision and accuracy of network traffic generators for packet-by-packet traffic analysis

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    title={Precision and accuracy of network traffic generators for packet-by-packet traffic analysis},
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    publisher={IEEE},
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Marcos Paredes-Farrera
Martin Fleury
Mohammed Ghanbari
Year: 2006
Precision and accuracy of network traffic generators for packet-by-packet traffic analysis
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649124

Marcos Paredes-Farrera¹^,*, Martin Fleury¹^,*, Mohammed Ghanbari¹^,*

1: Department of Electronic, Systems Engineering, University of Essex, United Kingdom

*Contact email: mpared@essex.ac.uk, fleum@essex.ac.uk, ghan@essex.ac.uk

Abstract

Network traffic generators allow video and audio streams to be modelled. `Bursty' traffic patterns imply packet-by-packet rather than time-averaged analysis to determine the impact on network routers. Due to computer operating system time event scheduling dependencies, the ability to generate accurate packet delivery is compromised. A real-time operating system on an x86 commodity machine is shown to result in greater accuracy and range, but with some loss in precision outside its operating range, compared to a general-purpose Linux kernel.

Published: 2006-07-05
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649124