[summ]network traffic measurement and analysis-challenges and solutions

1.A. Marold, P. Lieven, and B. Scheuermann, “Probabilistic parallel measurement of network traffic at multiple locations,” IEEE Network, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 6 –12, Feb. 2012.

challenge: when merging the observed traffic at multiple locations (where central monitoring is not available), packets might be counted more than once. This is terrible, for instance, if an ISP is going to charge the network usage of a customer, the price might reflect the actual usage.

current solution: sampling based traffic accounting

proposed: Distributed Probabilistic Counting (DPC)-counting each distinct packet only once.

2. A. Dainotti, A. Pescape, and K. C. Claffy, “Issues and future directions in traffic classification,” IEEE Network, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 35 –40, Feb. 2012.

contribution: overview of Traffic Classification techniques