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In this paper we present results of a series of end-to-end path capacity measurement experiments conducted on a fully controllable IP network built in the lab. We test and evaluate several typical path capacity measurement tools: pathchar, clink, and pathrate. The cross traffic is generated in a reproducible manner, and has similar spatial and temporal characteristics of real Internet traffics. We evaluate the measurement error and other operational characteristics of the tools and analyze factors impacting their performance. Such work is useful for tools selection and further improvement of capacity measurement tools.
This work was financial supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China under grants 60703097 and 60673155.
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Li, W., Zeng, B., Zhang, D., Yang, J. (2008). Performance Evaluation of End-to-End Path Capacity Measurement Tools in a Controlled Environment. In: Wu, S., Yang, L.T., Xu, T.L. (eds) Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing. GPC 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5036. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68083-3_23
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