Speed measurements of residential internet access

Oana Goga; Renata Teixeira

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28537-0_17

Speed measurements of residential internet access

Oana Goga
, Renata Teixeira

Centre national de la recherche scientifique

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Abstract

The spread of residential broadband Internet access is raising the question of how to measure Internet speed. We argue that available bandwidth is a key metric of access link speed. Unfortunately, the performance of available bandwidth estimation tools has rarely been tested from hosts connected to residential networks. This paper compares the accuracy and overhead of state-of-the-art available bandwidth estimation tools from hosts connected to commercial ADSL and cable networks. Our results show that, when using default settings, some tools underestimate the available bandwidth by more than 60%. We demonstrate using controlled testbeds that this happens because current home gateways have a limited packet forwarding rate.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Passive and Active Measurement - 13th International Conference, PAM 2012, Proceedings
Pages	168-178
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28537-0_17
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2012
Event	13th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2012 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 12 Mar 2012 → 14 Mar 2012

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	7192 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2012
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	12/03/12 → 14/03/12

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Goga, O., & Teixeira, R. (2012). Speed measurements of residential internet access. In Passive and Active Measurement - 13th International Conference, PAM 2012, Proceedings (pp. 168-178). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7192 LNCS). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28537-0_17

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Goga, O & Teixeira, R 2012, Speed measurements of residential internet access. in Passive and Active Measurement - 13th International Conference, PAM 2012, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 7192 LNCS, pp. 168-178, 13th International Conference on Passive and Active Measurement, PAM 2012, Vienna, Austria, 12/03/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28537-0_17

Speed measurements of residential internet access. / Goga, Oana; Teixeira, Renata.
Passive and Active Measurement - 13th International Conference, PAM 2012, Proceedings. 2012. p. 168-178 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 7192 LNCS).

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