Title
Virtual Speed Test: an AP Tool for Passive Analysis of Wireless LANs
Abstract
Internet speed tests assess end-to-end network performance by measuring throughput for 10s of MB of TCP uploads and downloads. While such tests provide valuable insights into network health, they are of little use to network administrators since (1) the results are only available on the client that performs the test and (2) the tests can saturate the network, increasing load and worsening performance for other clients. In this paper, we present virtual speed test, a measurement based framework that enables an AP to estimate speed test results for any of its associated clients without any special-purpose probing, with zero end-user co-operation and purely based on passively observable parameters at the AP. We implemented virtual speed test using commodity hardware, deployed it in office and residential environments, and conducted measurements spanning multiple days having different network loads and channel conditions. Overall, virtual speed test has mean estimation error less than 6% compared to ground truth speed tests, yet with zero overhead, and outcomes available at the AP.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2019
ieee international conference computer and communications
Servers,Throughput,Wireless LAN,Interference,Downlink,Phase measurement
Field
DocType
ISSN
Computer science,Upload,Server,Computer network,Communication channel,Real-time computing,Ground truth,Throughput,The Internet,Telecommunications link,Network performance
Conference
0743-166X
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-7281-0515-4
1
0.37
References 
Authors
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peshal Nayak120.74
Santosh Pandey21145.17
Edward W. Knightly34763371.38