The last few years witnessed peer-2-peer (P2P) and VoIP telephony gaining a tremendous popularity: Skype is beyond doubt the most amazing example of this new phenomenon, as its 170 millions users testify. In this paper, we propose a detailed measurement of Skype sources: we adopt a twofold methodology, using active experiments and passive measurement to gain knowledge about the traffic Skype generates, in a controlled and realistic environment, respectively. The analysis considers both signaling traffic as well as voice calls. Furthermore, we address the description of Skype sources at both packet- and flow-levels: we describe fine-grained dynamics of the interaction between Skype and the network, as well as provide a macroscopic characterization of Skype traffic.
A Detailed Measurement of Skype Network Traffic / ROSSI D; MELLIA M.; MEO M. - STAMPA. - (2008), pp. 12-18. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 7th International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems (IPTPS '08) tenutosi a Tampa Bay, Florida nel 25 FEBRUARY 2008.
Titolo: | A Detailed Measurement of Skype Network Traffic | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2008 | |
Abstract: | The last few years witnessed peer-2-peer (P2P) and VoIP telephony gaining a tremendous popularity...: Skype is beyond doubt the most amazing example of this new phenomenon, as its 170 millions users testify. In this paper, we propose a detailed measurement of Skype sources: we adopt a twofold methodology, using active experiments and passive measurement to gain knowledge about the traffic Skype generates, in a controlled and realistic environment, respectively. The analysis considers both signaling traffic as well as voice calls. Furthermore, we address the description of Skype sources at both packet- and flow-levels: we describe fine-grained dynamics of the interaction between Skype and the network, as well as provide a macroscopic characterization of Skype traffic. | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno |
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