End to End Methods for Measuring and Improving Internet Performance

5/23/97


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Table of Contents

End to End Methods for Measuring and Improving Internet Performance

Overview

Motivation for Measuring Internet Performance

Basic Methodology

Goals of End to End Monitoring

Performance Control Algorithm

Measurement Methods Used for Data Collection

Summary Statistics Applied to Data Collected

Determining Action Limits - Three Action Limit Algorithms

Take Action When “Important” Change Detected

Implementation Details

Imeter

Imeter Implementation

Examples of Imeter Use

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HTTP Get (or “Timeit”)

Timeit Implementation

Current Use of Timeit

Current Use of Timeit (continued)

Examples of Timeit Use

50% of URL requests are this fast or faster for Germany ISP list (values offset from actual by constant)

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Issues

Issues (continued)

Futures

Futures (continued)

Outcome of IP Performance Data Collection

Conclusions

Author: Jeff Sedayao and Cindy Bickerstaff