1. Measurement functions
Network metrology refers to the measurement of many aspects of network characteristics. As network complexity continues to increase, measuring network behavior has become essential to understanding how the network functions, and how successive protocols interact. Depending on the expected result, the nature of the measurements and the methods employed will be very different. This section presents the main fields of application for metrology, their differences and the consequences for the mechanisms to be implemented.
1.1 Characterize network usage
One of the aims of measurement is to gain a better understanding of network operation. From an administrator's point of view, it is essential to know the state of the network during operation. This knowledge enables...
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Measurement functions
Measurements to be taken
Bibliography
Software tools
• Aurora: Traffic analysis and visualization (IBM) http://www.zurich.ibm.com/aurora/
• Nagios http://www.nagios.org
• Ipanema http://www.ipanematech.com
...Websites
• CAIDAThe Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis http://www.caida.org/home
• IANAInternet Assigned Numbers Authority http://www.iana.org
• RIPE NCCRIPE (Réseaux IP Européens) Network Coordination Centre
Standards and norms
- Recommendation G.1010 End-user multimedia QoS categories - G.1010 - ITU-T - 2001
- « Network model for evaluating multimedia transmission performance over Internet Protocol », ITU-T Recommendation G.1050 - G.1050 - ITU-T - 11-05
- The Internet Engineering Task Force http://www.ietf.org - IETF -
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) http://www.ietf.org - RFC 1157 -
- Chimento, P. and J....
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