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Stochastic models of bandwidth estimation

Abstract

Estimation of available and bottleneck bandwidth is an important task in many end-user applications and network monitoring tools. The goal of bandwidth estimation is to infer the residual rate available in the path and the speed of the slowest link using end-to-end measurements. This is usually accomplished by injecting a sequence of probe packets into the path in question and monitoring their output dispersion at the end of the path. Under certain mild assumptions on cross-traffic, available bandwidth and capacity of the slowest link can be extracted from the inter-packet spacing of probe traffic at the receiver. Unlike prior work that relies on fluid models of cross-traffic, this project studies bandwidth estimation using stochastic (i.e., packet-level) cross-traffic arrival and explains why existing fluid-based tools often do not perform well in practice.

Journal Papers

 
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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "A Stochastic Foundation of Available Bandwidth Estimation: Multi-Hop Analysis," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 16, no. 1, February 2008. 

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "A Queuing-Theoretic Foundation of Available Bandwidth Estimation: Single-Hop Analysis," IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, vol. 15, no. 4, August 2007. 

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "Towards a Generalized Stochastic Model of End-to-End Packet-Pair Sampling," IEEE JSAC Special Issue on Sampling the Internet, vol. 24, no. 12, December 2006.

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Conference Papers

 
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S.-R. Kang and D. Loguinov, "Robust Tool for End-to-End Tight-Link Bandwidth Estimation," IEEE IWQoS, June 2010.

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S.-R. Kang and D. Loguinov, "IMR-Pathload: Robust Available Bandwidth Estimation under End-Host Interrupt Delay,'' PAM, April 2008.

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S. Kang, X. Liu, A. Bhati, and D. Loguinov, "On Estimating Tight Link Bandwidth Characteristics over Multi-Hop Paths," IEEE ICDCS, July 2006.

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "Measuring Probing Response Curves over the RON Testbed," PAM, March 2006.

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "Multi-Hop Probing Asymptotics in Available Bandwidth Estimation: Stochastic Analysis," ACM IMC, October 2005. 

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, "What Signals Do Packet-pair Dispersions Carry?" IEEE INFOCOM, March 2005. 

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, B. Liu, and D. Loguinov, "Single-Hop Probing Asymptotics in Available Bandwidth Estimation: Sample-Path Analysis ," ACM IMC, October 2004. 

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S.-R. Kang, X. Liu, M. Dai, and D. Loguinov, "Packet-Pair Bandwidth Estimation: Stochastic Analysis of a Single Congested Node ," IEEE ICNP, October 2004. 

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X. Liu, K. Ravindran, and D. Loguinov, " Evaluating the Potential of Bandwidth Estimators ," New York Metro Area Networking Workshop (NYMAN), September 2004. 

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