Internet measurement - infrastructure, traffic and applications - JWE - JOHN WILEY

Although the Internet is now a planet-wide communication medium, we have remarkably little quantitative understanding of it. This ground breaking book provides a comprehensive overview of the important field of Internet Measurement, and includes a first detailed look at three areas: measurements of Internet infrastructure - routers, links, network connectivity and bandwidth; measurements of traffic on the Internet - packets, bytes, flows, sessions, etc.; and, measurements of various key Internet applications - DNS, Web, peer-to-peer, and networked games.Each area is discussed in depth, covering the challenges faced (such as data availability, data management and statistical issues), the tools and methods that are available to address those challenges, and the state of current knowledge in the area. In addition, the book contains extensive background material needed for Internet measurement, including overviews of Internet architecture and essential statistical methods.