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Statistical inverse problems in active network tomography

Year: 2007

Type: book-chapter

Abstract:  The analysis of computer and communication networks gives rise to some interesting inverse problems. This paper is concerned with active network tomography where the goal is to recover information about quality-of-service (QoS) parameters at the link level from aggregate data measured on end-to-end network paths. The estimation and monitoring of QoS parameters, such as loss rates and delays, are of considerable interest to network engineers and Internet service providers. The paper provides a review of the inverse problems and recent research on inference for loss rates and delay distributions. Some new results on parametric inference for delay distributions are also developed. In addition, a real application on Internet telephony is discussed.

Source: Institute of Mathematical Statistics eBooks

DOI: 10.1214/074921707000000049

Authors: Earl Lawrence, George Michailidis, Vijayan N. Nair

Institutions: Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Michigan

Language: English

Topic: Network Traffic and Congestion Control

Subfield: Computer Networks and Communications

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation