Flow/Path Performance Consistency

Authors: Mahdi Hosseini, Georgia Fragkouli, Pavlos Nikolopoulos, and Katerina Argyraki
HOTNETS '24: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks
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Abstract

We explore a new network-performance metric: flow/path consistency, which captures whether the end-to-end performance of the flows that traverse a network is consistent with the aggregate performance of the network’s elements. We propose a formal definition; provide preliminary evidence that—by leveraging simple math—it can be estimated with configurable confidence and minimal overhead; and argue that it could simplify network debugging.

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@INPROCEEDINGS{hosseini2024flowpath,
	isbn = {979-8-4007-1272-2},
	doi = {10.1145/3696348.3696887},
	year = {2024-11},
	booktitle = {HOTNETS '24: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks},
	type = {Conference Paper},
	author = {Hosseini, Mahdi and Fragkouli, Georgia and Nikolopoulos, Pavlos and Argyraki, Katerina},
	abstract = {We explore a new network-performance metric: flow/path consistency, which captures whether the end-to-end performance of the flows that traverse a network is consistent with the aggregate performance of the network's elements. We propose a formal definition; provide preliminary evidence that---by leveraging simple math---it can be estimated with configurable confidence and minimal overhead; and argue that it could simplify network debugging.},
	keywords = {End-to-end flow performance; Network telemetry; Neutrality},
	language = {en},
	address = {New York, NY},
	publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
	title = {Flow/Path Performance Consistency},
	PAGES = {255 - 263},
	Note = {23rd ACM Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets 2024); Conference Location: Irvine, CA, USA; Conference Date: November 18-19, 2024; Conference lecture on November 19, 2024.}
}

Research Collection: 20.500.11850/703144