Real-Time Network Management

Abstract

The objective of our effort was to develop methods for diagnosing network performance problems in real time. According to our Phase I research, it is possible to collect data on the network and morph it into queuing models to produce information about the network and physical layers of nodes on a network. Through our methods it is possible to collect data on the network and morph it into queuing models to produce information about the network and physical layers of nodes on a network. For Phase I, we focused on the M/M/1 for our implementation. Other models defined in this Final Technical Report include M/M/1/k, M/D/1, and M/G/1. We also defined model selection rules that will allow our application to automatically select which model should be used pending the amount of utilization on the link or node. The preliminary results of this three-phase project are twofold. First we have proven that queuing models can be used to mirror the characteristics of links and nodes. Secondly, we have shown that the outputs from the queuing models can be used as input to a diagnostic subsystem, which in turn can provide the network manager with information to proactively identify possible problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1998
Accession Number
ADA351830

Entities

People

  • Bruno Andriamanalimanana
  • Chad Salisbury
  • Joseph J. Riolo
  • Sam Sengupta

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Application Protocols
  • Application Software
  • Army Aviation
  • Computations
  • Contracts
  • Data Links
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Local Area Networks
  • Markov Chains
  • Markov Processes
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Network Protocols
  • Probability
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Throughput

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Cybersecurity.