IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Passive Method for Estimating Packet Loss Ratio Based on TCP Retransmission Behavior
Summary :
Estimating the packet loss ratio of TCP transfers is essential for passively measuring Quality of Service (QoS) on the Internet traffic. However, only a few studies have been conducted on this issue. The Benko-Veres algorithm is one technique for estimating the packet loss ratio of two networks separated by a measurement point. However, this study shows that it leads to an estimation error of a few hundred percent in the particular environment where the packet loss probabilities between the two networks are asymmetrical. We propose a passive method for packet loss estimation that offers improved estimation accuracy by introducing classification conditions for the TCP retransmission timeout. An experiment shows that our proposed algorithm suppressed the maximum estimation error to less than 15%.
- Publication
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E96-B No.7 pp.1908-1917
- Publication Date
- 2013/07/01
- Publicized
- Online ISSN
- 1745-1345
- DOI
- 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.1908
- Type of Manuscript
- PAPER
- Category
- Internet
Authors
Takuya TOJO
NTT Corporation
Hiroyuki KITADA
NTT Corporation
Kimihide MATSUMOTO
NTT Corporation
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Takuya TOJO, Hiroyuki KITADA, Kimihide MATSUMOTO, "Passive Method for Estimating Packet Loss Ratio Based on TCP Retransmission Behavior" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E96-B, no. 7, pp. 1908-1917, July 2013, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.1908.
Abstract: Estimating the packet loss ratio of TCP transfers is essential for passively measuring Quality of Service (QoS) on the Internet traffic. However, only a few studies have been conducted on this issue. The Benko-Veres algorithm is one technique for estimating the packet loss ratio of two networks separated by a measurement point. However, this study shows that it leads to an estimation error of a few hundred percent in the particular environment where the packet loss probabilities between the two networks are asymmetrical. We propose a passive method for packet loss estimation that offers improved estimation accuracy by introducing classification conditions for the TCP retransmission timeout. An experiment shows that our proposed algorithm suppressed the maximum estimation error to less than 15%.
URL: https://global.ieice.org/en_transactions/communications/10.1587/transcom.E96.B.1908/_p
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AU - Takuya TOJO
AU - Hiroyuki KITADA
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