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Quantifying Interference between Measurements on the RIPE Atlas platform
Thomas Holterbach Laurent Vanbever Cristel Pelsser Randy Bush
Research and Applications of Internet Measurements Saturday, 31 October 2015 Yokohama, Japan
SLIDE 2 The RIPE Atlas platform More than 8000 probes around the globe Can perform several types of measurements
➢ Ping ➢ traceroute
SLIDE 3 Interference between measurements Internet 1.0.0.1
low high
Load
SLIDE 4 Interference between measurements 1.0.0.1
low high
r e q u e s t 5 t r a c e r
t e s r e q u e s t 1 p i n g / m i n
SLIDE 5 Interference between measurements 1.0.0.1
low high
1 ping/min 50 traceroutes
SLIDE 6 Interference between measurements Internet 1.0.0.1
low high
Load
SLIDE 7 Interference between measurements
1000 ping/s 1 ping/s
1.0.0.1
low high
SLIDE 8 Interference between measurements
1000 ping/s 1 ping/s
1.0.0.1
low high
1 p i n g / m i n 5 t r a c e r
t e s
SLIDE 9 Interference between measurements Impact:
- Reported delays measured by or towards the probe
➢ Shifts in the RTT ➢ Increased standard deviation, 95th percentile, ..
- Measurements' completion time
➢ Increases when the probe is loaded
- V3 probes mitigate the impact
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Did you experience such measurement interferences?
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Did you run measurement campaigns that could have overloaded the platform? e.g full-mesh experiment
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Did you run measurement campaigns that could have overloaded the platform? e.g full-mesh experiment
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What about combining two measurement platforms with difgerent capabilities?
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What about combining two measurement platforms with difgerent capabilities?
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Quantifying Interference between Measurements on the RIPE Atlas platform
Thomas Holterbach Laurent Vanbever Cristel Pelsser Randy Bush
Research and Applications of Internet Measurements Saturday, 31 October 2015 Yokohama, Japan