Classification of access network types: Ethernet, wireless LAN, ADSL, cable modem or dialup?

Authors

W Wei
B Wang
C Zhang
J Kurose
D Towsley

Publication Date

2008

Journal or Book Title

COMPUTER NETWORKS

Abstract

Ethernet, wireless LAN, ADSL, cable modem and dialup are common access networks, but have dramatically different characteristics. Fast and accurate classification of access network type can improve protocol or application performance significantly. In this paper, we propose a simple and efficient end-end scheme to classify the type of an access network into three categories: Ethernet, wireless LAN and low-bandwidth connection. Our scheme is based on the intrinsic characteristics of the various access networks and utilizes the median and entropy of packet pair inter-arrival times. Extensive experiments show that our scheme obtains accurate classification results in a very short time (10 to 100 seconds).

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.2005.1498334

Pages

3205-3217

Volume

52

Issue

17

Recommended Citation

Wei, W; Wang, B; Zhang, C; Kurose, J; and Towsley, D, "Classification of access network types: Ethernet, wireless LAN, ADSL, cable modem or dialup?" (2008). COMPUTER NETWORKS. 640.
https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOM.2005.1498334