Local-Area Internetworks: Measurements and Analysis

摘要

The effectiveness of a local-area internetwork is evident in its end- to-end performance and reliability. The dominant factors limiting end-to-end performance are router delay and the 'fit' of traffic patterns to the topology. Internetwork reliability may be enhanced by conservative topological design, even in the face of unreliable network or router technology. These issues are crucial to network design. This dissertation describes the results of studying the Stanford University Network, a large internetwork consisting of interconnected, local-area networks. To prove this thesis, I made measurements of router delay, local traffic characteristics, network topology, and traffic patterns in the Stanford internet. This report reproduces a dissertation submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Committee on Graduate Studies of Stanford University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.