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Measurement Infrastructure Comparison

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This table compares multiple aspects of public measurement infrastructures. It includes links to the measurement websites themselves. In addition, technical and administrative details specific to each project may be reach either by selecting the link for each project labeled 'more', or by selecting the 'Details' section from the pull-down menu below.

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Public Measurement Infrastructure

Project Funding Target Audience Goals Measurement Associations
Active /
Passive
Type*
TWPR
Analysis? Monitors Countries Details
CAIDA CoralReef DARPA,NSF Traffic engineers, Internet research & analysis passive W Yes 3 1 more NLANR, ISPs, vendors
I2(Abilene) UCAID High-availability backbone for UCAID mbrs active & passive(SNMP) WP Yes 12 1 more CA*net-2, DREN, ESnet, NORDUnet, NREN, SURFnet, vBNS
IEPM SLAC/DOE Network support for HEP researchers active P Yes 38+ 14 more NLANR, vBNS, I2(Abilene)
Mantra NSF Internet researchers MBGP routing PR Yes 17 mcast routers world-wide more CAIDA, UCSB
MAWI WIDE Project (Japanese research collaboration) Japanese networking research interests Passive PW Yes 4 1 more many corporate sponsors
NIMI NSF, DARPA Scalable, Dynamic Global Internet measurement infrastructure active P No 35 6+ more vBNS, MINC
NLANR(MOAT) AMP NSF Traffic data collection for Internet research active WP No 118 3 more IEPM, NIMI, CAIDA
NLANR(MOAT) PMA NSF Traffic data collection for Internet research passive WP No 32 3 more CAIDA
NWS NSF,DARPA, DoD PACI high-performance application users and developers both P Yes ~40 1 more AppLeS, Legion, Nexus, Globus, DOCT, Condor, NCSA, Ninf
PPNCG JANET, UKERNA Look after networking interests of UK particle physics community active P No 2 3+ more Abilene, IEPM
RIPE-TTM
RIPE-RIS
member fees Provide Internet routing and performance measures active, passive(SNMP) TR No 4 collectors, ~45 peers Europe (routing= world-wide) more CAIDA
CAIDA skitter DARPA, NSF Global Internet research & analysis active TP Yes 22 world-wide more NLANR, ISPs, vendors
Surveyor NSF, ANS, Inc. Track U.S. higher education Internet performance active TP No 51 9 more CSG
TRIUMF NRC of Canada Look after networking interests of Canadian particle physics community active TP No 1 n/a more IEPM
U-Oregon Route Views U-Oregon Advanced Network Technology Center, Cisco Real-time info for Internet troubleshooting and research passive(SNMP) routing TR No ~40 peers world-wide more NLANR, CAIDA, ISPs
WAND PGSF Statistical and simulation models of Internet traffic, high quality archived traffic traces passive W Yes 4 3 more NLANR, CAIDA, RIPE

* Type KEY: T = Topology W = Workload P = Performance R = Routing


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