- Title
- Quantifying the shift in network usage upon bandwidth upgrade
- Creator
- Okuthe, J A, Terzoli, Alfredo
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/431003
- Identifier
- vital:72735
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06374-9_22
- Description
- Traffic flow classification is an important enabler in network design, ca-pacity planning, identification of user requirements and possible track-ing of user population growth based on network usage. In this paper, results from the Internet traffic flow characterization in 1 Mbps commu-nity network for a three-week snapshot representing three months of study show that during peak traffic, the network is overwhelmed and service degradation occurs. When the network is upgraded to 10 Mbps the network bandwidth utilization immediately increases dramatically to close in on the new capacity with 20% left unused during peak traffic. The situation gets worse one month later where the network utilization is only 3% away from the maximum capacity. Traffic categorization show that the applications crossing the network are legitimate and accepta-ble. Since 10 Mbps bandwidth is the capacity that is sustainable for the community and supported by existing technology, bandwidth manage-ment is essential to ensure the network remains usable and continues to provide acceptable user experience.
- Format
- 14 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, Okuthe, J.A. and Terzoli, A., 2021, December. Quantifying the shift in network usage upon bandwidth upgrade. In International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries (pp. 340-354). Cham: Springer International Publishing, International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries volume 2021 number 1 340 354 2021 1867-8211
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RU Department of Computer Science
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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