National Laboratory for Applied Network Research (NLANR) Measurement and Network Analysis (MNA) Group: New Activities Proposal

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To continue to address the goal of characterizing the behavior of HPCnetworks, the NLANR/MNA group plans to extend and expand the NetworkAnalysis Infrastructure (NAI) by deploying more sophisticated measurementarchitectures, meeting the needs of new measurement domains, anddeveloping network analysis partnerships with established and developingresearchers. Planned projects include the extension of the ActiveMeasurement Project (AMP) into the campus domain, the repackaging of AMPfor distribution, a wider range of measurements, and the development ofnew data analysis tools, including visualizations and automated eventdetection. The Passive Measurement and Analysis (PMA) project will beextended to allow detailed study of packet flows through a routerand across an end-to-end path. Other developments will include PMAmeasurements focused on coordinated measurement, allowing the behavior ofparts of the network to be understood as they relate to one another, aswell as measurements of higher speed network paths. With thesedevelopments, the NAI will continue to be an excellent platform and sourceof research data and methods from which other researchers (includingstudents) can build their own projects and with which systems engineersand administrators can improve their networks.