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

为了继续实现表征hpc网络行为的目标，NLANR/MNA小组计划通过部署更复杂的测量架构来扩展和扩展网络分析基础设施（NAI），满足新的测量领域的需求，并与现有和发展中的研究人员建立网络分析合作伙伴关系。计划中的项目包括将activemmeasurement项目（AMP）扩展到校园领域，重新包装AMP以进行分发，更广泛的测量，以及开发新的数据分析工具，包括可视化和自动事件检测。被动测量和分析（PMA）项目将扩展到允许详细研究通过路由器和端到端路径的数据包流。其他发展将包括专注于协调测量的pma测量，允许理解网络各部分的行为，因为它们彼此相关，以及更高速度网络路径的测量。随着这些发展，NAI将继续成为一个优秀的研究数据和方法的平台和来源，其他研究人员（包括学生）可以从中建立自己的项目，系统工程师和管理员可以通过它来改进他们的网络。

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.