Peer-to-Peer IP Television (P2PTV) applications represent one of the fastest growing application classes on the Internet, both in terms of their popularity and in terms of the amount of traffic they generate. While network operators require monitoring tools that can effectively analyze the traffic produced by these systems, few techniques have been tested on these mostly closed-source, proprietary applications. In this paper we examine the properties of three traffic classifiers applied to the problem of identifying P2PTV traffic. We report on extensive experiments conducted on traffic traces with reliable ground truth information, highlighting the benefits and shortcomings of each approach. The results show that not only their performance in terms of accuracy can vary significantly, but also that their usability features suggest different effective aspects that can be integrated.

Comparing P2PTV Traffic Classifiers / Cascarano, Niccolo'; Este, A.; Risso, FULVIO GIOVANNI OTTAVIO; Gringoli, F.; Salgarelli, L.; Finamore, Alessandro; Mellia, Marco. - STAMPA. - (2010), pp. 1-6. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE ICC tenutosi a Cape Town, South Africa nel 23 May 2010) [10.1109/ICC.2010.5501744].

Comparing P2PTV Traffic Classifiers

CASCARANO, NICCOLO';RISSO, FULVIO GIOVANNI OTTAVIO;FINAMORE, ALESSANDRO;MELLIA, Marco
2010

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Peer-to-Peer IP Television (P2PTV) applications represent one of the fastest growing application classes on the Internet, both in terms of their popularity and in terms of the amount of traffic they generate. While network operators require monitoring tools that can effectively analyze the traffic produced by these systems, few techniques have been tested on these mostly closed-source, proprietary applications. In this paper we examine the properties of three traffic classifiers applied to the problem of identifying P2PTV traffic. We report on extensive experiments conducted on traffic traces with reliable ground truth information, highlighting the benefits and shortcomings of each approach. The results show that not only their performance in terms of accuracy can vary significantly, but also that their usability features suggest different effective aspects that can be integrated.
2010
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