Measurement Infrastructure Comparison
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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