On evaluating the differences of TCP and ICMP in network measurement

doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2006.09.015

	On evaluating the differences of TCP and ICMP in network measurement
	Li Wenwei ; Zhang Dafang ; Yang Jinmin ; Xie Gaogang
	2007-01-15
发表期刊	COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN	0140-3664
卷号	30 期号:2 页码:428-439
摘要	Network measurement is an important approach to understand network behaviors, which has been widely studied. Both TCP and ICMP are applied in network measurement, while investigating the differences between the measured results of these two protocols is an important topic that has been less addressed. In this paper, to compare the differences between TCP and ICMP when they are used in measuring host connectivity, RTT, and packet loss rate, we designed two groups of comparison programs, and after careful evaluating of the program parameters, we executed a lot of comparison experiments on the Internet. The experimental results show that, there are significant differences between the host connectivity measured using TCP or ICMP; in general, the accuracy of connectivity measured using TCP is 20-30% higher than that measured using ICMP. The case of RTT and packet loss rate is complicated, which are related to path loads and destination host loads. While commonly, the RTT and packet loss rate measured using TCP or ICMP are very close. According to the experimental results, we also give some advices on protocol selection for conducting accurate connectivity, RTT and packet loss rate measurements. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	network measurement network performance performance measurement TCP ICMP
DOI	10.1016/j.comcom.2006.09.015
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Computer Science ; Engineering ; Telecommunications
WOS类目	Computer Science, Information Systems ; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic ; Telecommunications
WOS记录号	WOS:000243629700020
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
引用统计	被引频次：15[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.204/handle/2XEOYT63/10898
专题	中国科学院计算技术研究所期刊论文_英文
通讯作者	Li Wenwei
作者单位	1.Hunan Univ, Coll Comp & Commun, Changsha 410082, Peoples R China 2.Hunan Univ, Sch Software, Changsha 410082, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Comp Technol, Beijing 100080, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li Wenwei,Zhang Dafang,Yang Jinmin,et al. On evaluating the differences of TCP and ICMP in network measurement[J]. COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS,2007,30(2):428-439.
APA	Li Wenwei,Zhang Dafang,Yang Jinmin,&Xie Gaogang.(2007).On evaluating the differences of TCP and ICMP in network measurement.COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS,30(2),428-439.
MLA	Li Wenwei,et al."On evaluating the differences of TCP and ICMP in network measurement".COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS 30.2(2007):428-439.