Visual network traffic classification using multi-dimensional piecewise polynomial models

Computer networks have become a ubiquitous part of modern society. As the spread of networks continues to increase, so do the various applications for the underlying technology. Thus traffic classification has become and remains important to network administrators. In this paper, preliminary results using multi-dimensional piecewise polynomials to model network traffic are shown. Different types of traffic are modeled and inspected visually to demonstrate the usefulness of the procedure.