Title
Accurate Traffic Classification
Abstract
The analysis of network traffic can provide important information for network operators and administrators. One of the main purposes of traffic analysis is to identify the traffic mixture the network carries. A couple of different approaches have been proposed in the literature, but none of them performs well for all different application traffic types present in the Internet. Thus, a combined method that includes the advantages of different approaches is needed, in order to provide a high level of classification completeness and accuracy. According to our best knowledge, this study is the first attempt where the currently known traffic classification methods are benchmarked on network traces captured in operational mobile networks. The pros and cons of the classification methods are analyzed, based on the experienced accuracy for different types of applications. Using the gained knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of the existing approaches, a novel traffic classification method is proposed. The novel method is based on a complex decision mechanism, in order to provide an appropriate identification mode for each different application type. As a consequence, the ratio of the unclassified traffic becomes significantly lower. Further, the reliability of the classification improves, as the various methods validate the results of each other. The novel method is tested on several network traces, and it is shown that the proposed solution improves both the completeness and the accuracy of the traffic classification, when compared to existing methods.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1109/WOWMOM.2007.4351725
2007 IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
traffic classification,internet,testing,network interfaces,protocols,information analysis,prototypes,mobile network,knowledge management
Traffic classification,Data mining,Traffic analysis,Computer science,Computer network,Operator (computer programming),Strengths and weaknesses,Completeness (statistics),The Internet,Network interface
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-0992-1
15
1.70
References 
Authors
5
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Géza Szabó1958.87
István Szabó2151.70
Dániel Orincsay3565.14