Abstract: Is Your Network Available? (Or, Common Network Metrics)

Nevil Brownlee, CAIDA
The CAIDA Metrics Working Group has produced a draft document, 'Network Measurement FAQ,' intended for people who buy Internet service and make it available to others, e.g. corporate users and smaller ISPs. This presentation will introduce the FAQ, highlighting its section on 'the Most Common Metrics.'

Common Metrics such as latency, packet loss and availability often appear in service desccriptions published on the Web, but they are seldom clearly stated. The Working Group's definition of availability, and methods of measuring it, will be explained.

The current version of the draft is available at /http://www.caida.org/outreach/metricswg/. Click on 'Measurement FAQ.' Comments are most welcome.


About the Presenter
Nevil Brownlee (n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz) has been involved in Internet traffic measurements since 1992 and is the creator of NeTraMet, a widely-used open-source implementation of the IETF's RTFM Architecture. As well as being co-chair of the RTFM Working Group, Nevil has been actively involved in the AAA and GRIP Working Groups. He is currently at CAIDA (Co-operative Association for Internet Data Analysis) in San Diego, where he continues to work on network metrics and techniques for measuring them.

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