Describing the Access Network by Means of Router Buffer Modelling: a New Methodology

Sequeira, Luis ; Fernández-Navajas, Julián (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Saldaña, José ; Gállego, José Ramón (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Canales, María (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: The behaviour of the routers’ buffer may affect the quality of service (QoS) of network services under certain conditions, since it may modify some traffic characteristics, as delay or jitter, and may also drop packets. As a consequence, the characterization of the buffer is interesting, especially when multimedia flows are transmitted and even more if they transport information with real-time requirements.This work presents a new methodology with the aim of determining the technical and functional characteristics of real buffers (i.e., behaviour, size, limits, and input and output rate) of a network path. It permits the characterization of intermediate buffers of different devices in a network path across the Internet

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1155/2014/238682

Año: 2014

Publicado en: The Scientific World Journal 2014 (2014), 238682 [9 pp.]
ISSN: 2356-6140

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/TEC2011-23037

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Ingenieria Telematica (Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones)