MINER – A Measurement Infrastructure for Network Research

Christof Brandauer; Thomas Fichtel

5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

MINER – A Measurement Infrastructure for Network Research

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    author={Christof Brandauer and Thomas Fichtel},
    title={MINER -- A Measurement Infrastructure for Network Research},
    proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Testbeds and  Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
    year={2009},
    month={5},
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    doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976235}
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Christof Brandauer
Thomas Fichtel
Year: 2009
MINER – A Measurement Infrastructure for Network Research
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976235

Christof Brandauer¹^,*, Thomas Fichtel¹^,*

1: Salzburg Research Jakob-Haringer-Str. 5/III A-5020 Salzburg, Austria

*Contact email: brandauer@salzburgresearch.at, mail@fichtel.at

Abstract

Network measurements often require the coordinated use of multiple tools on distributed vantage points. Without any form of supporting command and control system, the management and execution of a systematic measurement study is a tedious mission. In this paper we present MINER which seeks to simplify this task. MINER is a programmable measurement infrastructure that integrates existing measurement tools and provides its users higher-level services on top of them. It enables users to define measurement activities, schedule executions and retrieve their results. The services are accessible via a toolagnostic and unified programming interface with which measurement applications can be developed. We discuss MINER’s requirements and design considerations and present a modular implementation that can be flexibly extended through plugins. Finally, we report on usage scenarios and directions for future work.

Published: 2009-05-26
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2009.4976235