MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I assume proper care is taken on privacy djf

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From: Jason Livingood <jason_livingood () cable comcast com>
Date: November 2, 2009 10:43:24 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

Dave - May be of interest for IP.

During the activities surrounding Comcast’s congestion management  
challenges and responses in 2007 - 2008, one of the criticisms we  
heard was that in the absence of good industry traffic data available  
to researchers, it was not possible to either (1) objectively analyze  
traffic data or (2) study any of the growth to develop new network  
designs and standards (not to mention conducting other general network  
research).  As a result of that, we’ve been working more closely with  
researchers on a number of fronts.  One of these efforts has just been  
announced by MIT, and Comcast has advised its users of its  
participation:

Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

The MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study (MITAS) is a new research  
project at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence  
laboratory (CSAIL). The goal of this project is to undertake novel  
empirical research of ISP traffic data. Data will be collected from at  
least six participating ISPs, including Comcast, and the project hopes  
to add more ISPs. Better data and collection methodologies are needed  
to inform the industry, the network research community, and policy  
discussions about appropriate technical and business approaches to  
traffic management.

Detailed traffic data will be collected from ISPs over time, enabling  
researchers to formulate empirically valid characterizations of both  
aggregate traffic patterns, as well as a traffic profile for the  
average users. It is important to note that no personally identifiable  
information about any participating ISPs' users will be used in this  
project.

More information about the MITAS research project can be found at the  
MITAS website, at http://mitas.csail.mit.edu.  The MITAS project is  
led at MIT by Bill Lehr, David Clark, and Steven Bauer.

Regards
Jason Livingood
Internet Systems Engineering
Comcast

PS – The above info was also noted recently our our Network Management  
web page at http://networkmanagement.comcast.net




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