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In this paper we present results of a series of bandwidth estimation experiments conducted on a high-speed testbed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and on OC-48 and GigE paths in real world networks. We test and compare publicly available bandwidth estimation tools: abing, pathchirp, pathload, and Spruce. We also tested Iperf which measures achievable TCP throughput. In the lab we used two different sources of known and reproducible cross-traffic in a fully controlled environment. In real world networks we had a complete knowledge of link capacities and had access to SNMP counters for independent cross-traffic verification. We compare the accuracy and other operational characteristics of the tools and analyze factors impacting their performance.
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Shriram, A. et al. (2005). Comparison of Public End-to-End Bandwidth Estimation Tools on High-Speed Links. In: Dovrolis, C. (eds) Passive and Active Network Measurement. PAM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3431. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31966-5_24
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