Title :
Performance measurement tool for packet forwarding devices
Author :
Kovácsházy, Tamás ; Szabó, Róbert
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Meas. & Inf. Syst., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Hungary
Abstract :
A tool built from primarily public domain software components is presented to evaluate the performance of packet forwarding devices used in modern TCP/IP based computer networks. The tool makes it possible to specify complex traffic patterns based on a high level definition, then to execute the designed measurements and collect data, to process the results of measurements, and finally to generate high quality figures and tables for presentation. The component based, distributed architecture of the tool assures flexibility and scalability. After customization, the tool allows the performance evaluation of Linux based routers as demonstrated in the example
Keywords :
computer networks; computerised instrumentation; packet switching; performance evaluation; synchronisation; telecommunication computing; telecommunication equipment testing; transport protocols; Linux based routers; TCP/IP based computer networks; complex traffic patterns; component based distributed architecture; data collection; high level definition; packet forwarding devices; performance measurement tool; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Information systems; Linux; Measurement; Modems; Scalability; Software tools; Telematics;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2001. IMTC 2001. Proceedings of the 18th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6646-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2001.928199
