A network performance application for modeling, simulation, and characterization of packet network behavior

Author

White, Christopher M. ; Daniel, Edward J. ; Teague, Keith A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

9-12 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

555

Abstract

This paper details the development of an educational and research tool, the network performance application (NetPerf), which provided real-time network performance measurement through simulated real-time data transmission over packet networks. This application is used to collect quality of service (QoS) statistics such as packet loss, end-to-end delay, inter-arrival delay jitter, and out-of-order packet delivery. NetPerf is written in Visual C++ using MFC for MS Windows environments. The program runs in a server/client pair over two computers connected via IP networks. Network time protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize each PC for accurate time measurement of packet arrivals. The user specifies transmission parameters such as packet send rate, frames per packet, packet size, etc. NetPerf initiates a connection, records all packet sending/arrival times, generates a data log, and performs statistical calculations.

Keywords

C++ language; IP networks; Internet; data communication; delays; protocols; quality of service; real-time systems; IP network; Internet; MS Windows; NetPerf; QoS statistics; Visual C++; educational tool; end-to-end delay; interarrival delay jitter; network performance application; network time protocol; out-of-order packet delivery; packet network behavior; quality of service statistics; real-time data transmission; real-time network performance measurement; research tool; server-client pair; Application software; Computer networks; Data communication; Delay; Jitter; Measurement; Network servers; Out of order; Quality of service; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signals, Systems and Computers, 2004. Conference Record of the Thirty-Seventh Asilomar Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8104-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACSSC.2003.1291972

Filename

1291972