WebRTC based network performance measurements

As internet connections achieve gigabit speeds, local area networks (LANs) become the main bottleneck for users connection. Currently, network performance tests focus on end-to-end performance over wide-area networks and provide no platform-independent way to tests LANs in isolation. To fill this gap, I developed a suite of network performance tests that run in a web application. The network tests support LAN performance measurement using WebRTC peer-to-peer technology and statistically evaluate performance according to the Model-Based Metrics framework. Our network testing application is browser based for easy adoption across platforms and can empower users to understand their in-home networks. Our tests hope to give a more accurate view of LAN performance that can influence regulatory policy of internet providers and consumer decisions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2019

Author dc:creator

• McClellan, Miranda.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Steven Bauer.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Statement dc:rights

• MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123051

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/123051