National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) Measurement and Network Analysis (MNA) Group: New Activities Proposal

University Of California-San Diego, La Jolla CA

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Abstract

To continue to address the goal of characterizing the behavior of HPC networks, the NLANR/MNA group plans to extend and expand the Network Analysis Infrastructure (NAI) by deploying more sophisticated measurement architectures, meeting the needs of new measurement domains, and developing network analysis partnerships with established and developing researchers. Planned projects include the extension of the Active Measurement Project (AMP) into the campus domain, the repackaging of AMP for distribution, a wider range of measurements, and the development of new data analysis tools, including visualizations and automated event detection. The Passive Measurement and Analysis (PMA) project will be extended to allow detailed study of packet flows through a router and across an end-to-end path. Other developments will include PMA measurements focused on coordinated measurement, allowing the behavior of parts of the network to be understood as they relate to one another, as well as measurements of higher speed network paths. With these developments, the NAI will continue to be an excellent platform and source of research data and methods from which other researchers (including students) can build their own projects and with which systems engineers and administrators can improve their networks.