Using planetLab for network research: Myths, realities, and best practices

Operating Systems Review (ACM)

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Spring, Neil ^a   Peterson, Larry ^b   Bavier, Andy ^b   Pai, Vivek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANETLAB NODES; QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCES;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 33845215790     PISSN: 01635980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1113361.1113368     Document Type: Article

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