Inline measurements: a native measurement technique for IPv6 networks

Pezaros, D. , Hutchison, D., Gardner, R., Garcia, F. and Sventek, J.S. (2004) Inline measurements: a native measurement technique for IPv6 networks. In: International Networking and Communications Conference (INCC'04), Lahore, Pakistan, June 11-13, 2004, pp. 105-110. (doi: 10.1109/INCC.2004.1366587)

Abstract

Next generation convergence networks require ubiquitous measurement mechanisms able to dynamically assess the performance quality characteristics experienced by the different, aggregated traffic flows traversing end-to-end Internet paths. Existing service measurements fall into two main categories: active and passive. This paper introduces a complementary technique called ‘inline measurements’ that makes use of the extendible features of the emerging IPv6 pro-tocol. Through the exploitation of native IPv6 extension head-ers, measurement triggers and minimal measurement data may be carried in the same packets as the payload data itself, providing a high level of probability that the behaviour of the real user traffic flow is being observed. By adding measure-ment functionality natively, at the network (IPv6) layer, inline measurements can potentially target all transport and applica-tion services, providing an accurate performance evaluation framework for next generation networks. The paper also pre-sents the results from a dynamically configurable prototype implementation in which end-to-end, one-way delay and delay variation of real-time video streams have been measured. Index Terms – active, passive, measurement, monitoring, performance, quality of service, service management, IPv6, extension headers, delay measurement, real-time traffic.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Pezaros, Professor Dimitrios and Sventek, Professor Joseph
• Authors: Pezaros, D., Hutchison, D., Gardner, R., Garcia, F., and Sventek, J.S.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• First Published: First published in International Networking and Communication Conference, 2004. INCC 2004
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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