1st International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks

Research Article

ORBIT Measurements framework and library (OML): motivations, implementation and features

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.25,
        author={Manpreet  Singh and Maximilian  Ott and Ivan  Seskar and Pandurang  Kamat},
        title={ORBIT Measurements framework and library (OML): motivations, implementation and features},
        proceedings={1st International Conference on Integrated Internet Ad hoc and Sensor Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2005},
        month={3},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.25}
    }
    
  • Manpreet Singh
    Maximilian Ott
    Ivan Seskar
    Pandurang Kamat
    Year: 2005
    ORBIT Measurements framework and library (OML): motivations, implementation and features
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2005.25
Manpreet Singh1,*, Maximilian Ott1,*, Ivan Seskar1,*, Pandurang Kamat1,*
  • 1: WINLAB, Rutgers University, 73 Brett Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
*Contact email: singh@winlab.rutgers.edu, max@winlab.rutgers.edu, Seskar@winlab.rutgers.edu, pkamat@winlab.rutgers.edu

Abstract

In this paper we present ORBIT measurement framework and library (OML), which is a distributed software framework enabling real-time collection of data in a large distributed environment. The success of a multiuser distributed testbed facility depends largely on the ease of use, remote access as well as on the ease of collecting useful measurements from experimental runs. OML provides a flexible and dynamic way in which data is collected and made available for realtime access to the experimenters. Application programmers can use simple interfaces provided to transfer measurements and other performance data to a central repository. This paper focuses on the motivation, requirements, design, implementation and real world usage of OML that is designed to provide a scalable, controllable and easy to use mechanism for experimenters to collect useful results from the experiments conducted on the ORBIT testbed.