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Network traces of virtual worlds: measurements and applications

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Cheng-Hsin Hsu,

Jatinder Pal Singh,

Xin LiuAuthors Info & Claims

MMSys '11: Proceedings of the second annual ACM conference on Multimedia systems

Pages 105 - 110

https://doi.org/10.1145/1943552.1943566

Published: 23 February 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Although network traces of virtual worlds are valuable to ISPs (Internet service providers), virtual world software developers, and research communities, they do not exist in the public domain. In this work, we implement a complete testbed to efficiently collect and analyze network traces from a popular virtual world: Second Life. We use the testbed to gather traces from 100 regions with diverse characteristics. The network traces represent more than 60 hours of virtual world traffic and the trace files are created in a well-structured and concise format. Our preliminary analysis on the collected traces is consistent with previous work in the literature. It also reveals some new insights: for example, local avatar/object density imposes clear implications on traffic patterns. The developed testbed and released trace files can be leveraged by research communities for various studies on virtual worlds. For example, accurate traffic models can be derived from our trace files, which in turn can guide developers for better virtual world designs

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Network traces of virtual worlds: measurements and applications
1. Information systems
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    1. Multimedia information systems

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DOI:10.1145/1943552

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