End-to-end available bandwidth: measurement methodology, dynamics, and relation with TCP throughput
Proceedings of the 2002 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Which network measurement tool is right for you? a multidimensional comparison study
GRID '08 Proceedings of the 2008 9th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Grid Computing
Bandwidth estimation: metrics, measurement techniques, and tools
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
| Hi-index | 0.00 |
Available bandwidth in a network path is an important performance criterion for evaluating the network performance. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm called Single Burst (SB) for measuring the available bandwidth between end hosts. Additionally, we provide mathematical analysis to derive approximate upper bounds on amount of exchanged data and measurement latency for SB. Finally, we present a comparison of measurement latency, accuracy, usability, and network overhead among an implementation of SB and two existing available bandwidth measurement tools, i.e., Iperf and pathChirp. As a result, we conclude that SB measures the available bandwidth even under the condition of packet losses, with default settings, with faster response time, and without generating excessive test traffic.