Internet performance measurement and analysis

Abstract EN

In this paper we design methodical Internet data collection experiments to measure the performance metrics of the Internet using some existing Internet performance measurement tools namely, trace route and Visual Route.

These experiments are intended to evaluate different Web servers.

We analyze the results of these experiments to predict possible problems and behavior.

We characterize and quantize collected data including Internet latencies, packet loss rates, and available bandwidths.

The characterized and quantized collected data is used to model traffic behavior.

We also analyze the routing behavior for pathological conditions and routing stability.

The results can be used by Internet customers or Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to track Internet servers behavior and response time at application level and to monitor Internet path connectivity.

In addition, we present a new methodology to model and analyze end-to-end Internet behavior.

This methodology is based on finding the transfer function of the end-to-end Internet path between the client and Web server.

Only preliminary results of the design of this new methodology are presented at this time.

The results agree with other work done in the related field and show that our methodology is effective in measuring the Internet performance.