Measuring bottleneck link speed in packet-switched networks
Performance Evaluation
Self-Similar Network Traffic and Performance Evaluation
Self-Similar Network Traffic and Performance Evaluation
End-to-end available bandwidth: measurement methodology, dynamics, and relation with TCP throughput
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
A measurement study of available bandwidth estimation tools
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
An empirical evaluation of wide-area internet bottlenecks
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
Single-hop probing asymptotics in available bandwidth estimation: sample-path analysis
Proceedings of the 4th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
Evaluation and characterization of available bandwidth probing techniques
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
End-to-end estimation of the available bandwidth variation range
SIGMETRICS '05 Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGMETRICS international conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems
Techniques for available bandwidth measurement in IP networks: a performance comparison
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Stochastic analysis of packet-pair probing for network bandwidth estimation
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - Special issue: Network modelling and simulation
Realistic and responsive network traffic generation
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
The probe gap model can underestimate the available bandwidth of multihop paths
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Laboratory-based calibration of available bandwidth estimation tools
Microprocessors & Microsystems
Multi-hop probing asymptotics in available bandwidth estimation: stochastic analysis
IMC '05 Proceedings of the 5th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet Measurement
A queueing-theoretic foundation of available bandwidth estimation: single-hop analysis
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
On protocol engineering: detect, confirm and adjust
International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology
A stochastic foundation of available bandwidth estimation: multi-hop analysis
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Online Estimation of Available Bandwidth and Fair Share Using Kalman Filtering
NETWORKING '09 Proceedings of the 8th International IFIP-TC 6 Networking Conference
Swing: realistic and responsive network traffic generation
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Accessing data from many servers simultaneously and adaptively in data grids
Future Generation Computer Systems
Techniques for available bandwidth measurement in IP networks: A performance comparison
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
The quest for bandwidth estimation techniques for large-scale distributed systems
ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
Interval type-2 fuzzy logic congestion control for video streaming across IP networks
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
A measurement study of bandwidth estimation in IEEE 802.11g wireless LANs using the DCF
NETWORKING'08 Proceedings of the 7th international IFIP-TC6 networking conference on AdHoc and sensor networks, wireless networks, next generation internet
Proceedings of the fifth ACM international workshop on Mobility in the evolving internet architecture
A system-theoretic approach to bandwidth estimation
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
The flexlab approach to realistic evaluation of networked systems
NSDI'07 Proceedings of the 4th USENIX conference on Networked systems design & implementation
A non-intrusive estimation for high-quality Internet TV services
Multimedia Tools and Applications
On a novel methodology for estimating available bandwidth along network paths
CIS'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Computational Intelligence and Security - Volume Part II
Measuring bandwidth between planetlab nodes
PAM'05 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Passive and Active Network Measurement
Choreo: network-aware task placement for cloud applications
Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Internet measurement conference
A taxonomy of applying filter techniques to improve the available bandwidth estimations
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication
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The area of available bandwidth (avail-bw) estimation has attracted significant interest recently, with several estimation techniques and tools developed during the last 2-3 years. Unfortunately, some key issues regarding the avail-bw definition, estimation, and validation remain vague or misinterpreted. In this note, we first review the previous work in the area and classify the existing techniques in two classes: direct probing and iterative probing. We then identify ten misconceptions, in the form of fallacies or pitfalls, that we consider as most important. Some misconceptions relate to basic statistics, such as the impact of the population variance on the sample mean, the variability of the avail-bw in different time scales, and the effect of the probing duration. Other misconceptions relate to the queueing model underlying these estimation techniques. For instance, ignoring that traffic burstiness or the presence of multiple bottlenecks can cause significant underestimation errors. Our objective is not to debunk previous work or to claim that some estimation techniques are better than others, but to clarify a number of important issues that cover the entire area of avail-bw estimation so that this important metric can be better understood and put in practical use.