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Optimal deployment of distributed passive measurement monitors

Hu Chengchen, Liu Bin, Liu Zhen, Gao Shifang, Wu Dapeng

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

Flow-level traffic measurement is important for network management. The widely used centralized per-flow measurement faces a great challenge due to the demanding requirement on both memory bandwidth and memory size within a single traffic monitor. This paper addresses the issue of deploying a Distributed Passive Measurement System (DPMS) in a large scale network; specifically, we study how to optimally place traffic monitors and sample stochastic traffic flows, so that the probability of a packet being sampled (a.k.a. measurement coverage) is maximized. We formulate this problem as a Stochastic Chance Constrained Optimization (SCCO) problem; and we propose a Hybrid Intelligent (HI) algorithm to solve this problem. The HI algorithm consists of two major components, namely, uncertain function approximation and genetic algorithm. Equipped with the HI algorithm, we are able to address the optimal tradeoff between measurement coverage and deployment cost for networks with random traffic, which has not been studied before. Our simulations and experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm, i.e., a small deployment cost or a small number of monitors are sufficient to maintain a high level of measurement coverage. © 2006 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006
Pages621-626
Volume2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006 - Istanbul, Türkiye
Duration: 11 Jul 200615 Jul 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume2
ISSN (Print)0536-1486

Conference

Conference2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2006
PlaceTürkiye
CityIstanbul
Period11/07/0615/07/06

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Research Keywords

  • Distributed monitoring
  • Genetic algorithm
  • Passive measurement
  • Stochastic chance constrained optimization

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