Internet traffic modeling by means of Hidden Markov Models
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Transport Layer Identification of Skype Traffic
Information Networking. Towards Ubiquitous Networking and Services
Review: Packet-level traffic analysis of online games from the genre characteristics perspective
Journal of Network and Computer Applications
Traffic modeling of player action categories in a MMORPG
Proceedings of the 4th International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
The revolution of StarCraft network traffic
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games
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Starcraft is a popular Real Time Strategy game that uses a Peer-to-Peer network communication model. In this paper we analyze its traffic and we provide a statistical characterization at packet-level obtained by varying the number of players. We examine the time dynamics between individual packets within a game session as well as the packet sizes. Also, we provide analytical models approximating the empirical distributions found, we study properties of the tails and of the auto-correlation function, and we investigate the presence of self-similarity. The results obtained show how traffic generated by such game has different characteristics from the traffic prevailing on the Internet in past years.