Characterization of ISP traffic: Trends, user habits, and access technology impact

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-155

  Garcia Dorado J L ^a   Finamore, A ^b   Mellia, M ^b   Meo, M ^b   Munafo M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ISP traffic; Network monitoring; traffic analyzer

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TECHNOLOGY; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; HALF-THROUGH; INTERNET USERS; NETWORK MONITORING; NEW SERVICES; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; USER HABIT;

CHARACTERIZATION; VIDEO STREAMING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

EID: 84862118166     PISSN: 19324537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2012.022412.110184     Document Type: Article

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