Research Article
Fluctuations and Lasting Trends of QoS on Intercontinental Links
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_16, author={Tomasz Bilski}, title={Fluctuations and Lasting Trends of QoS on Intercontinental Links}, proceedings={Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Networks. 6th International ICST Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2009 and 3rd International Workshop on Advanced Architectures and Algorithms for Internet Delivery and Applications, AAA-IDEA 2009, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, November 23-25, 2009 Proceedings}, proceedings_a={QSHINE}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={QoS measurement large scale networks performance reliability}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_16} }- Tomasz Bilski
Year: 2012
Fluctuations and Lasting Trends of QoS on Intercontinental Links
QSHINE
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10625-5_16
Abstract
The paper presents an analysis of short- and long-term changes in the QoS of intercontinental connections. First we will show that despite fast and numerous advances in physical layer, link layer, router capacity and new telecommunication cables deployment, QoS measures are hardly progressing in long-term (years) perspective. Transatlantic (North America – Europe) connections will be thoroughly analyzed. Next we will show that due to submarine cable breakages temporary network performance is unpredictable. It may be much poorer than average and sometimes drops below the acceptable level – case study is provided. Even if the links are fully operational, due to the rerouting the QoS may deteriorate in the case of cable fault in another part of the World. The research is based mainly on data taken from IEPM (Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement) database.