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Evaluating pathrate and pathload with realistic cross-traffic

Evaluating pathrate and pathload with realistic cross-traffic. Ravi Prasad Manish Jain Constantinos Dovrolis (ravi, jain, dovrolis@cc.gatech.edu) College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology. Background. Pathrate Estimates path capacity Based on packet pair/train dispersion

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Evaluating pathrate and pathload with realistic cross-traffic

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  1. Evaluating pathrate and pathload with realistic cross-traffic Ravi Prasad Manish Jain Constantinos Dovrolis (ravi, jain, dovrolis@cc.gatech.edu) College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology

  2. Background • Pathrate • Estimates path capacity • Based on packet pair/train dispersion • Packet pair estimates: Set of possible capacity modes • Packet train estimates: ADR=Lower bound on capacity • Capacity = (Strongest and narrowest mode > ADR) • Pathload • Estimates path available bandwidth (avail-bw) • Based on one-way delay trend of periodic streams • Reports a range of avail-bw • Corresponds to variation, measured in stream duration • http://www.pathrate.org

  3. Motivation • Recent studies pointed towards poor accuracy of these tools • http://www.caida.org/outreach/presentations/2003/bwest0308/doereview.pdf • A measurement study of available bandwidth estimation tools. Strauss et. al. IMC 2003 • Our objective: re-evaluate accuracy of both tools • Wide range of cross-traffic load • Realistic cross-traffic • Completely monitored testbed (no guessing!)

  4. Outline • Describe test methodology • Testbed • Cross-traffic type • Show accuracy results • 100Mbps path • 1Gbps path • With Iperf cross-traffic • Explaining inaccuracies with Iperf cross-traffic • Conclusions

  5. Testing methodology • Used local testbed • Complete knowledge of path properties • Capacity • Available bandwidth • Complete control of cross-traffic • Rate • Type (TCP vs UDP vs trace-driven)

  6. Testbed • Narrow link capacity C = 100Mbps or 1Gbps

  7. Cross traffic • Trace-driven cross-traffic generation: • NLANR traces • OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 • Trace information at the end of the talk • Packet size distribution • Unmodified • Packet interarrivals • Either, scaled to achieve desired cross-traffic throughput • Or, unmodified • Iperf-based cross-traffic • Single TCP stream • UDP stream

  8. Results

  9. FastEthernet: Traces with scaled interarrivals

  10. FastEthernet:Traces with unmodified interarrivals

  11. Gigabit path:Traces with scaled interarrivals

  12. TR TW L/C L/R Unrealistic cross-traffic • Single stream TCP • Entire window appears as burst at beginning of RTT • Minimum averaging interval: RTT • UDP periodic stream • Packet size: L • Rate: R • Dispersion: L/R • Utilization r = R/C

  13. Gigabit Path:Iperf Periodic UDP

  14. TR TW TO L/C L/R Pathrate under unrealistic traffic • Seeks some “off” time periods of duration larger than L/C • L: Probe size • TCP traffic • Off period TO =TR - TW- L/C • Correct capacity estimate when TO > L/C • UDP periodic traffic • If r< 0.5then TO > L/C • Else, underestimation

  15. Gigabit path:Iperf single stream TCP

  16. TR TW TS TS TS TS L/C L/R Pathload under unrealistic traffic • Samples avail-bw in stream duration (TS) • TCP traffic • Avail-bw averaging period TR • TS << TR results in wide Avail-bw range estimate • UDP periodic traffic • Avail-bw averaging period L/R • TS = 100 x L/C > L/R • Correct avail-bw range estimate

  17. Conclusions • Type of cross-traffic is important for bandwidth estimation tools • Pathrate and pathload perform well with realistic cross-traffic • Simulated traffic does not capture: • Packet size distribution • Interarrival distribution • Correlation structure

  18. Trace identifiers • OC3 : MEM-1070464136-1, COS-1070488076-1, BWY-1063315231-1, COS-1049166362-1 • OC12: MRA-1060885637-1 • OC48: IPLS-CLEV-20020814-093000-1 • We greatly appreciate the availability of traces from NLANR PMA project. The NLANR PMA project is supported by National Science Foundation Cooperative agreement nos. ANI-0129677 (2002) and ANI-9807479 (1998).

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