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Joint TMA publications – conferences and workshops

  • [carelaTMA2010] bibtex
    V. Carela-Español, P. Barlet-Ros, M. Solé-Simó, A. Dainotti, W. de Donato, and A. Pescapé, "K-Dimensional Trees for Continuous Traffic Classification," in Traffic Monitoring and Analysis: Second International Workshop, TMA 2010, Zurich, Switzerland, April 7, 2010. Proceedings, 2010, p. 141.
    @inproceedings{carelaTMA2010,
      author = {V. Carela-Español and P. Barlet-Ros and M. Solé-Simó and A. Dainotti and W. de Donato and A. Pescapé},
      booktitle = {Traffic Monitoring and Analysis: Second International Workshop, TMA 2010, Zurich, Switzerland, April 7, 2010. Proceedings},
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      intrahash = {b6a3c433d74e6878cf7ec29579eb273c},
      organization = {Springer},
      pages = 141, title = {K-Dimensional Trees for Continuous Traffic Classification},
      year = 2010, keywords = {k-dimensional-trees traffic-classification},
      added-at = {2010-05-25T18:59:43.000+0200},
      biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2b6a3c433d74e6878cf7ec29579eb273c/vcarela}
    }
  • [Portoles-IMC2009] bibtex
    M. Portoles-Comeras, A. Cabellos-Aparicio, J. Mangues-Bafalluy, A. Banchs, and J. Domingo-Pascual, "Impact of transient CSMA/CA access delays on Active Bandwidth Measurements," in Internet Measurement Conference, 2009.
    @inproceedings{Portoles-IMC2009, title = {Impact of transient CSMA/CA access delays on Active Bandwidth Measurements},
      author = {Marc Portoles-Comeras and Albert Cabellos-Aparicio and Josep Mangues-Bafalluy and Albert Banchs and Jordi Domingo-Pascual},
      booktitle = {Internet Measurement Conference},
      crossref = {conf/imc/2009},
      publisher = {ACM},
      year = 2009, keywords = {Wireless, Measurement, Performance},
      }
  • [conf-networking-FinamoreMMR09] bibtex
    A. Finamore, M. Mellia, M. Meo, and D. Rossi, "KISS: Stochastic Packet Inspection.," in TMA, 2009-05-18 2009, pp. 117-125.
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    @inproceedings{conf/networking/FinamoreMMR09,
      author = {Alessandro Finamore and Marco Mellia and Michela Meo and Dario Rossi},
      booktitle = {TMA},
      crossref = {conf/networking/2009tma},
      editor = {Maria Papadopouli and Philippe Owezarski and Aiko Pras},
      interhash = {a68945851736b888aaa527132ea38c1c},
      intrahash = {9341c1467d073207ddfaad296bff3c56},
      pages = {117-125},
      publisher = {Springer},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      title = {KISS: Stochastic Packet Inspection.},
      url = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/networking/tma2009.html#FinamoreMMR09},
      volume = 5537, year = 2009, keywords = {dblp},
      ee = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01645-5_14},
      added-at = {2009-05-18T00:00:00.000+0200},
      description = {dblp},
      isbn = {978-3-642-01644-8},
      biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29341c1467d073207ddfaad296bff3c56/dblp},
      date = {2009-05-18}
    }
  • [conf-networking-ValentiRMMB09] bibtex
    S. Valenti, D. Rossi, M. Meo, M. Mellia, and P. Bermolen, "Accurate, Fine-Grained Classification of P2P-TV Applications by Simply Counting Packets.," in TMA, 2009-05-18 2009, pp. 84-92.
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    @inproceedings{conf/networking/ValentiRMMB09,
      author = {Silvio Valenti and Dario Rossi and Michela Meo and Marco Mellia and Paola Bermolen},
      booktitle = {TMA},
      crossref = {conf/networking/2009tma},
      editor = {Maria Papadopouli and Philippe Owezarski and Aiko Pras},
      interhash = {6194f10105def956a0afd248b7fce659},
      intrahash = {94a0e426d3559ae3af6abcb591de4d18},
      pages = {84-92},
      publisher = {Springer},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      title = {Accurate, Fine-Grained Classification of P2P-TV Applications by Simply Counting Packets.},
      url = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/conf/networking/tma2009.html#ValentiRMMB09},
      volume = 5537, year = 2009, keywords = {dblp},
      ee = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01645-5_10},
      added-at = {2009-05-18T00:00:00.000+0200},
      description = {dblp},
      isbn = {978-3-642-01644-8},
      biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/294a0e426d3559ae3af6abcb591de4d18/dblp},
      date = {2009-05-18}
    }
  • F. Ricciato, A. Coluccia, A. D’Alconzo, D. Veitch, P. Borgnat, P. Abry, “On the role of flows and sessions in Internet traffic modeling: an explorative toy-model” IEEE GLOBECOM 2009 (slides).

Joint TMA publications – journals and magazines

  • [oldfriend-abry] bibtex
    P. Abry, P. Borgnat, F. Ricciato, A. Scherrer, and D. Veitch, "Revisiting an old friend: on the observability of the relation between long range dependence and heavy tail," Telecommunication Systems, 2009.
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    @article{oldfriend-abry,
      author = {Patrice Abry and Pierre Borgnat and Fabio Ricciato and Antoine Scherrer and Darryl Veitch},
      interhash = {3b12f6cc7a9da0383f9b6b8ad381d3f4},
      intrahash = {493934aa6b1c14182b16db9c21a37a71},
      journal = {Telecommunication Systems},
      pages = {--},
      title = {Revisiting an old friend: on the observability of the relation between long range dependence and heavy tail},
      url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11235-009-9205-6},
      year = 2009, keywords = {imported},
      added-at = {2009-11-28T13:29:30.000+0100},
      description = {SpringerLink - Journal Article},
      biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2493934aa6b1c14182b16db9c21a37a71/fabioricciato},
      abstract = {Abstract  Taqqu’s Theorem plays a fundamental role in Internet traffic modeling, for two reasons: First, its theoretical formulation matches closely and in a meaningful manner some of the key network mechanisms controlling traffic characteristics; Second,it offers a plausible explanation for the origin of the long range dependence property in relation with the heavy tail natureof the traffic components. Numerous attempts have since been made to observe its predictions empirically, either from realInternet traffic data or from numerical simulations based on popular traffic models, yet rarely has this resulted in satisfactoryquantitative agreements. This raised in the literature a number of comments and questions, ranging from the adequacy of thetheorem to real world data to the relevance of the statistical tools involved in practical analyses. The present contributionaims at studying under which conditions this fundamental theorem can be actually seen at work on real or simulated data. Todo so, numerical simulations based on standard traffic models are analyzed in a wavelet framework. The key time scales involvedare derived, enabling a discussion of the origin and nature of the difficulties encountered in attempts to empirically observeTaqqu’s Theorem.}
    }
  • [so65443] bibtex
    A. Pras, L. Nieuwenhuis, R. M. van de, and M. Mandjes, "Dimensioning Network Links: A New Look at Equivalent Bandwidth," IEEE Network, vol. 23, iss. 2, pp. 5-10, 2009.
    @article{so65443, volume = {23},
      number = {2},
      month = {March},
      author = {Aiko Pras and Lambert Nieuwenhuis and Remco Meent van de and Michel Mandjes},
      address = {New York},
      title = {Dimensioning Network Links: A New Look at Equivalent Bandwidth},
      publisher = {IEEE Communications Society},
      year = {2009},
      journal = {IEEE Network},
      pages = {5--10},
      url = {http://doc.utwente.nl/65443/},
      abstract = {One of the tasks of network management is to dimension the capacity of access and backbone links. Rules of thumb can be used, but they lack rigor and precision, as they fail to reliably predict whether the quality, as agreed on in the service level agreement, is actually provided. To make better predictions, a more sophisticated mathematical setup is needed. The major contribution of this article is that it presents such a setup; in this a pivotal role is played by a simple, yet versatile, formula that gives the minimum amount of capacity needed as a function of the average traffic rate, traffic variance (to be thought of as a measure of ?burstiness?), as well as the required performance level. In order to apply the dimensioning formula, accurate estimates of the average traffic rate and traffic variance are needed. As opposed to the average rate, the traffic variance is rather hard to estimate; this is because measurements on small timescales are needed. We present an easily implementable remedy for this problem, in which the traffic variance is inferred from occupancy statistics of the buffer within the switch or router. To validate the resulting dimensioning procedure, we collected hundreds of traces at multiple (representative) locations, estimated for each of the traces the average traffic rate and (using the approach described above) traffic variance, and inserted these in the dimensioning formula. It turns out that the capacity estimate obtained by the procedure, is usually just a few percent off from the (empirically determined) minimally required value. }
    }
  • [dalconzo-IJNM-2010] bibtex
    A. D’Alconzo, A. Coluccia, and P. Romirer-Maierhofer, "Distribution-Based Anomaly Detection in 3G Mobile Networks: From Theory to Practice," International Journal of Network Management, 2010.
    @article{dalconzo-IJNM-2010,
      author = {Alessandro D'Alconzo and Angelo Coluccia and Peter Romirer-Maierhofer},
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      intrahash = {f91917aa7adbb1eef8e27d1cabf69c55},
      journal = {International Journal of Network Management},
      key = {Anomaly detection, 3G mobile networks},
      title = {Distribution-Based Anomaly Detection in 3G Mobile Networks: From Theory to Practice},
      year = 2010, keywords = {3g detection mobile networks theory},
      added-at = {2010-06-03T12:11:28.000+0200},
      biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f91917aa7adbb1eef8e27d1cabf69c55/dalconzo},
      month = {August},
      abstract = {The design of Anomaly Detection (AD) methods for network traffic has been intensively investigated by the research community in the recent years. However, less attention has been devoted to the issues which eventually arise when deploying such tools in a real operational context. We designed a statistical based change-detection algorithm for identifying deviations in distribution timeseries. The proposed method has been applied to the analysis of large dataset from an operational 3G mobile network, in the perspective of the adoption of such a tool in production. Our algorithm is designed to cope with the marked non-stationarity and daily/weekly seasonality that characterize the traffic mix in a large public network. Several practical issues emerged during the study including the need to handle incompleteness of the collected data, the difficulty to drill down the cause of certain alarms, the need for human assistance in resetting the algorithm after a persistent change of the network configuration (e.g. a capacity upgrade). We report on our practical experience, highlighting the key lessons learned and the hands-on experience matured from such an analysis. Finally, we propose a novel methodology based on semi-synthetic traces for tuning and performance assessment of the proposed AD algorithm.}
    }

Publications from STSMs

  • M. Mandjes and P. Zuraniewski, “A queueing-based
    approach to overload detection”. Proceedings of NET-COOP 2009,
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5894 (2009), pp. 91-106, Eds.: J.
    Resing, R. Nunez Queija.  Best Student Paper Award
  • K. Wac, M. Fiedler, R. Bults, H. Hermens, “Estimations of Additional Delays for Mobile Application Data from Comparative Output-Input Analysis”,  IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS10), Osaka, Japan, 19-23 April 2010
  • A. Pescape, D. Rossi, D. Tammaro and S. Valenti, On the impact of sampling on traffic monitoring and analysis . InProceedings of the 22nd International Teletraffic Congress (ITC22), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 7 – 9 2010.
  • [Bernardo-PM2HW2N09] bibtex
    V. Bernardo, K. Pentikousis, J. Pinola, E. Piri, and M. Curado, "Multi-client video streaming over wirelessMAN-OFDMA," in PM2HW2N ‘09: Proceedings of the 4th ACM workshop on Performance monitoring and measurement of heterogeneous wireless and wired networks, New York, NY, USA, 2009, pp. 46-53.
    @inproceedings{Bernardo-PM2HW2N09,
      author = {Bernardo, Vitor and Pentikousis, Kostas and Pinola, Jarno and Piri, Esa and Curado, Marilia},
      title = {Multi-client video streaming over wirelessMAN-OFDMA},
      booktitle = {PM2HW2N '09: Proceedings of the 4th ACM workshop on Performance monitoring and measurement of heterogeneous wireless and wired networks},
      year = {2009},
      isbn = {978-1-60558-621-2},
      pages = {46--53},
      location = {Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain},
      doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1641913.1641920},
      publisher = {ACM},
      address = {New York, NY, USA},
      }
  • Marcel C. Castro, Peter Dely, Andreas J. Kassler, Francesco Paolo D’Elia, Stefano Avallone, “OLSR and Net-X as a Framework for Channel Assignment Experiments”, in: ACM International Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental Evaluation and Characterization (WiNTECH), co-located with ACM MobiCom 2009, Beijing, China, September 21st 2009.
  • Matthias Hirth, Rastin Pries, Dirk Staehle, Barbara Staehle, Peter Dely, Andreas Kassler, “Measuring One-Way Delay in Wireless Mesh Networks – An Experimental Investigation“, in: Proc. of the 4-th ACM Workshop on Performance Monitoring and Measurement of Heterogeneous Wireless and Wired Networks (PM²HW²N 2009), Teneriffa, Spain, October 26-30, 2009.
  • M. Molina, W. Routly, I. Paredes-Oliva and A. Jain. Anomaly Detection in Backbone Networks: building a security service upon an innovative tool. Terena Networking Conference (TNC), Vilnius, Lithuania, May 2010. [pdf]
  • I. Paredes-Oliva, P. Barlet-Ros and M. Molina. Automatic Validation and Evidence Collection of Security Related Network Anomalies. Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM), Zurich, Switzerland, April 2010. [pdf]
  • Stephan Robert, “Basic Estimation of Markovian Pseudo Long-Range Dependent Processes “. 14th IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling, Analysis and Design of Communication Links and Networks, IEEE CAMAD’09, Pisa, Italy, June 12, 2009. [pdf]
  • Jordi Mongay-Batalla, Andrzej Beben, Albert Cabellos Aparicio “Profile deformation of aggregated flows handled by Premium and low priority services within the Géant network” in Proc. of IWCMC’10, June 28– July 2, Caen, France, 2010. [pdf]
  • Piotr Zuraniewski, Michel Mandjes and Marco Mellia. “Empirical assessment of VoIP overload detection tests” in Proc. of NGI 2010: 6th Euro-NF conference on Next Generation Internet, 2-4 June, Paris
  • Dimitri Konstantas & Jean-Marc Seigneur (editors), “Mobile Quality of Service”, 2009, Technical report of the Advanced Systems Group, University of Geneva, November 2009, ISBN 978-2-88903-004-0, Editions SES – Universite de Geneve