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Experiences of VoIP traffic monitoring in a commercial ISP

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Michele Petracca,

Dario RossAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Network Management, Volume 20, Issue 5

Pages 339 - 359

https://doi.org/10.1002/nem.758

Published: 01 September 2010 Publication History

Abstract

VoIP (Voice over IP) has widely been addressed as the technology that will change the telecommunication model, opening the path for convergence. Yet this revolution is far from being complete, since, as of today the majority of telephone calls are still originated by circuit-oriented networks. In this paper we present our experience in the real-time monitoring of VoIP calls from a commercial operational network. We discuss and present a methodology and a large dataset of measurements, collected from the FastWeb backbone, which is one of the first worldwide Telecom operators to offer VoIP and high-speed data access to the end-user. Traffic characterization focuses on several layers, concentrating on both end-user and ISP perspectives. In particular, we highlight that, among loss, delay and jitter, only the first index may affect VoIP call quality. Overall, results show that the technology is mature enough to make the final step, allowing the integration of data and real-time services over the Internet. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Mandalari ALutu ACustura ASafari Khatouni AAlay ÖBagnulo MBajpai VBrunstrom AOtt JMellia MFairhurst GShorey RMurty RChen YJamieson K(2018)ExperienceProceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3241539.3241577(179-189)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3241539.3241577
Vetter MWillrich RKulesza RTavares T(2014)System of Quality monitoring for IP Telephony ServicesProceedings of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web10.1145/2664551.2664554(239-246)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2664551.2664554
Mata FZuraniewsk PMandjes MMellia MJajszczyk APapir Z(2012)Anomaly detection in VoIP traffic with trendsProceedings of the 24th International Teletraffic Congress10.5555/2414276.2414279(1-8)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2414276.2414279

Index Terms

Experiences of VoIP traffic monitoring in a commercial ISP
1. General and reference
  1. Cross-computing tools and techniques
2. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Application layer protocols
  2. Network services
    1. Network monitoring

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International Journal of Network Management Volume 20, Issue 5

September 2010

114 pages

EISSN:1099-1190

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Published: 01 September 2010

Accepted: 12 April 2010

Revised: 19 March 2010

Received: 10 February 2010

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Mandalari ALutu ACustura ASafari Khatouni AAlay ÖBagnulo MBajpai VBrunstrom AOtt JMellia MFairhurst GShorey RMurty RChen YJamieson K(2018)ExperienceProceedings of the 24th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking10.1145/3241539.3241577(179-189)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3241539.3241577
Vetter MWillrich RKulesza RTavares T(2014)System of Quality monitoring for IP Telephony ServicesProceedings of the 20th Brazilian Symposium on Multimedia and the Web10.1145/2664551.2664554(239-246)Online publication date: 18-Nov-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2664551.2664554
Mata FZuraniewsk PMandjes MMellia MJajszczyk APapir Z(2012)Anomaly detection in VoIP traffic with trendsProceedings of the 24th International Teletraffic Congress10.5555/2414276.2414279(1-8)Online publication date: 4-Sep-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2414276.2414279

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