Networks and Multimedia Communications Group

Aveiro

SCALE III - Internet Traffic Measurements, Modelling and Statistical Analysis - POSC/EIA/60061/2004
Publications

Book Chapters (5)

  1. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "An efficient approach to analyze finite buffer queues with generalized Pareto interarrival times and exponential service". In Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research,T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, eds. World Scientific, Singapore, 2007, pp. 205-224.
  2. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Bursts and gaps of Markov renewal arrival processes". In Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 2007, pp. 245-262.
  3. F. Ferreira, A. Pacheco, and H. Ribeiro, "Analysis of finite oscillating GI^X/M(m)/N queueing systems". In Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research 2, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, eds., World Scientific, Singapore, 2008.
  4. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas and A. Pacheco, "Modeling IP Traffic Behavior through Markovian Models", in Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, M. Freire, M. Pereira, Ed. IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, ISBN: 978-1-59140-993-9.
  5. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas and A. Pacheco, "A Hierarchical Approach based on MMPPs for Modeling Self-similar Traffic over Multiple Time Scales", in Heterogeneous Networks: Vol. I - Traffic Engineering, Performance Evaluation Studies & Tools, 2008.

Papers in International Journals (19)

  1. N. Antunes, C. Fricker, F. Guillemin, and P. Robert, "Integration of Streaming services and TCP data transmission in the Internet", Performance Evaluation, vol. 62, no. 1-4, pp. 263-277, October 2005.
  2. N. Antunes, C. Nunes, A. Pacheco, "Functionals of Markovian Branching Processes", Stochastic Models, vol. 21, no. 2-3, pp. 261-271, 2005.
  3. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Level crossing ordering of semi-Markov processes and Markov chains", Journal of Applied Probability, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 989-1002, 2005.
  4. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Level crossing ordering of skip-free to the right continuous time Markov chains", Journal of Applied Probability, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 52-60, 2005.
  5. N. Antunes, C. Fricker, P. Robert, and D. Tibi. "Analysis of loss networks with routing", Annals of Applied Probability, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2007-2026, 2006.
  6. N. Antunes, C. Fricker, F. Guillemin, and P. Robert "Perturbation analysis of a variable M/M/1 queue: a probabilistic approach", Advances in Applied Probability, vol. 38, no. 1, pp.263-283, 2006.
  7. S. Sargento, R. Valadas, "Accurate Estimation of Capacities and Cross-Traffic of All Links in a Path Using ICMP Timestamps", Telecommunications Systems Journal, October 2006.
  8. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Algorithms for computing moments of the length of busy-periods of single-server systems", WSEAS Transactions on Computers, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 2856-2861, 2006.
  9. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Analysis of GI/M/s/c queues using uniformization", Computers and Mathematics with Applications, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 291-304, 2006.
  10. M. Kwiatkowska, G. Norman, and A. Pacheco, "Model checking Expected Time and Expected Reward formulae with random time bounds", Computers and Mathematics with Applications, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 305-316, 2006.
  11. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Comparison of level-crossing times for Markov and semi-Markov processes", Statistics & Probability Letters, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 151-157, 2007.
  12. M. R. Oliveira, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco, and P. Salvador, "Cluster Analysis of Internet Users Based on Hourly Traffic Utilization", IEICE Transactions on Communications, vol. E90-B, no. 7, pp-1594-1607, 2007.
  13. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Analysis of GI^X/M(n)//N systems with stochastic customer acceptance policy", Queueing Systems, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 29-55, 2008.
  14. N. Antunes, C. Fricker, P. Robert, and D. Tibi, "Stochastic networks with multiple stable points". Annals of Probability, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 255-278, 2008.
  15. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Consecutive customer losses in oscillating GI^X/M//n systems with state dependent services rates", Annals of Operations Research, vol. 162, no. 1, 2008 (to appear).
  16. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Consecutive customer losses in regular and oscillating M^X /G /1/n systems", Queueing Systems, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 121-136, 2008.
  17. N. Antunes, G. Jacinto, and A. Pacheco, "On the minimum hop count and connectivity in one-dimensional ad hoc wireless network", Telecommunication Systems, vol. 39, pp. 137-143, 2008.
  18. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Moments of the duration of busy periods of M^X/G/1/n systems", Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences (to appear).
  19. A. Estepa, R. Estepa, and A. Pacheco, "Accurate resource estimation for generalized VoIP sources", Telecommunication Systems (to appear).

Papers in International Conferences (26)

  1. H. Veiga, T. Pinho, J. Oliveira, R. Valadas, P. Salvador, A. Nogueira, "Active Traffic Monitoring for Heterogeneous Environments", in Proc. 4th International Conference on Networking, ICN 2005, Reunion Island, France, April 17-21, 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 3420 / 2004, ISBN 3-540-25339-4, pp. 603-610 (PDF download)
  2. N. B. Azzouna, F. Guillemin, S. Poisson, P. Robert, C. Fricker, and N. Antunes, "Inverting sampled ADSL traffic", In Proc. the IEEE International Conference on Communications, Seoul, Korea, 16-20 May, 2005.
  3. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "An Efficient Approach to Analyze Finite Buffer Queues with Generalized Pareto Interarrival Times and Exponential Service". In Proc. International Workshop on Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research, RASOR 2005, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki editors, Canmore, Canada, 25-26 August, pp. 34-41, 2005.
  4. H. Ribeiro and A. Pacheco, "Bursts and gaps of Markov renewal arrival processes". In Proc. International Workshop on Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research, RASOR 2005, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, editors, Canmore, Canada, 25-26 August, pp. 211-218, 2005.
  5. P. Salvador and R. Valadas, "A Network Monitoring System with a Peer-to-Peer Architecture", in Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Internet Performance, Simulation, Monitoring and Measurement, IPS-MoMe 2005, March 15-16, 2005, Warsaw, Poland. (PDF download)
  6. D. Zaragoza and C. Belo, "Experimental Validation of the ON-OFF Packet-Level Model for IP Traffic", in Proc. SPECTC05, July 2005, Philadelphia, USA.
  7. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Simulation of semi-Markov processes and Markov chains ordered in level crossing". In Proc. First Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks - Traffic Engineering, Rome, Italy, April 18-20, 2005.
  8. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Some results for GIX/M/s/c queues. In Proc. The 2005 International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, SAINT 2005 Workshops, Trento, Italy, January 31 - February 4, pp. 252-255, 2005.
  9. A. Nogueira, R. Oliveira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco, "Using Neural Networks to Classify Internet Users", in Proc. Advanced Industrial Conference on Telecommunications, AICT 2005, Lisbon, Portugal, July 17-20, 2005.
  10. A. Nogueira, M. R. Oliveira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas e A. Pacheco, "Classification of Internet Users using Discriminant Analysis and Neural Networks", in Proc. 1st EuroNGI Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks - Traffic Engineering, Rome, Italy, 18-20 April, 2005.
  11. N. Antunes, C. Nunes, A. Pacheco, "Sojourn Time of Elastic Flows under Unresponsive Traffic", in Proc. Second EuroNGI Conference, Valencia, Spain, April 3-5, 2006.
  12. M. R. Oliveira, L. Sertório, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco, "Decomposition of Network Flows with Applications to Cluster Analysis of Internet Access Traffic", in Proc. Second EuroNGI Conference, Valencia, Spain, April 3-5, 2006.
  13. Susana Sargento, Rui Valadas, "Cross-Traffic Estimation in IP Networks", In Proc. Networking 2006, International Workshop "Towards the QoS Internet" To-QoS 2006, May 2006.
  14. H. Veiga, R. Valadas, P. Salvador, A. Nogueira, T. Pfeiffenberger, F. Strohmeier, "OWAMP Performance and Interoperability Tests", in Proc. 4th International Workshop on Internet Performance, Simulation, Monitoring and Measurement, IPS-MoMe 2006, Salzburg, Austria, February 27-28, 2006.
  15. Susana Sargento, Rui Valadas, "Capacity and Cross-Traffic Estimation of All Links in a Path Using ICMP Timestamps", in Proc. 5th International Conference on Networking, ICN'06, April 23-28, 2006, Mauritius.
  16. M. R. Oliveira, L. Sertório, R. Valadas, and A. Pacheco, "Decomposition of Network Flows with Applications to Cluster Analysis of Internet Access Traffic", in Proc. 2nd EuroNGI Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks Traffic Engineering, Valencia, Spain, 3-5 April, 2006.
  17. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, "Predicting the Quality of Service of Wireless LANs using Neural Networks", in Proc. 9th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, 2-6 October, 2006, Torremolinos, Spain.
  18. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Consecutive customer loss probabilities in M/G/1/n and GI/M(m)/n systems", in Proc. SMCTools - Tools for Solving Structured Markov Chains, Pisa, Italy, October 10, 2006.
  19. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Algorithmic approach to compute moments of the duration of busy periods in oscillating queueing systems". In Proc. International Workshop on Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research - RASOR 2007, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, eds., Nanzan University, Japan, March 5-6, 2007, pp. 235-242, 2007.
  20. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, "Joint Modeling of MANET Characteristics for QoS Prediction", in Proc. IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 07, 1-4 July, 2007, Aveiro, Portugal.
  21. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, "A Framework for Detecting Internet Applications", in Proc. International Conference on Information Networking, ICOIN 2007, 23-25 Janeiro, 2007, Estoril, Portugal.
  22. P. Salvador, A. Nogueira, R. Valadas, "Local Area Network Modeling for Performance Prediction", in Proc. 32nd IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2007, 15-18 October, 2007, Dublin, Ireland.
  23. F. Ferreira, A. Pacheco, and H. Ribeiro, "Markov regenerative analysis of finite oscillating queueing systems", In Proc. International Workshop on Recent Advances in Stochastic Operations Research - RASOR 2007, T. Dohi, S. Osaki, and K. Sawaki, eds., Nanzan University, Japan, March 5-6, 2007, pp. 52-60, 2007.
  24. P. Salvador, A. Nogueira R. Valadas, "Predicting QoS Characteristics on Wireless Networks", In Proc. the Third International Conference on Networking and Services, ICNS 2007, 19-25 June, 2007, Athens, Greece.
  25. E. Rocha, H. Veiga, R. Valadas, P. Salvador, A. Nogueira, "Module for Identifying Internet Applications and its Integration in a Peer-to-peer Measurement tool", in Proc. IADIS International Conference Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2007, 3-5 July 2007, Lisboa, Portugal.
  26. A. Couto, A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, "Identification of Peer-to-peer Applications' Flow Patterns", in Proc. Forth EuroFGI Conference on Next Generation Internet Networks, 28-30 de Abril, 2008, Krakow, Poland.

Papers in National Conferences (8)

  1. H. Veiga, T. Pinho, J. Oliveira, R. Valadas, P. Salvador, A. Nogueira, "Implementação, validação e exploração do sistema de monitorização activa OWAMP", in Proc. 7ª Conferência sobre Redes de Computadores, CRC 2004, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal, October 7-8, 2004.
  2. M. Rosário de Oliveira, L. Sertório, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco, "Análise Estrutural do Tráfego da Internet", in Proc. XIII Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Ericeira, 28 Setembro a 1 Outubro, 2005.
  3. A. Nogueira, P. Salvador, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco, "Multilayer Markov modulated Poisson process for modeling self-similar traffic", in Proc. 5th Conference on Telecommunications, 6-8 April, 2005, Tomar, Portugal.
  4. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Ordenação estocástica em excedência de nível de processos semi-markovianos", In Proc. Estatística Jubilar, C.A. Braumann, P. Infante, M.M. Oliveira, R. Alpizar-Jara, and F. Rosado, eds., Edições SPE, pp. 281-292, Lisboa, 2005.
  5. F. Ferreira and A. Pacheco, "Ordenação em excedência de nível de cadeias de Markov e processos semi-markovianos com espaço de estados ordenado", In Proc. Ciência Estatística, L. Canto e Castro, E.G. Martins, C. Rocha, M.F. Oliveira, M.M. Leal, and F. Rosado, eds, Edições SPE, pp. 99-110, Lisboa, 2006.
  6. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Visitas a conjuntos de estados em processos semi-markovianos". In Proc. Estatística Jubilar, C.A. Braumann, P. Infante, M.M. Oliveira, R. Alpizar-Jara, and F. Rosado, eds., Edições SPE, pp. 537-548, Lisboa, 2005.
  7. A. Pacheco and H. Ribeiro, "Sucessões markovianas com recompensas e visitas a conjuntos de estados em processos semi-markovianos", In Proc. Ciência Estatística, L. Canto e Castro, E.G. Martins, C. Rocha, M.F. Oliveira, M.M. Leal, and F. Rosado, eds., Edições SPE, pp. 545-557, Lisboa, 2006.
  8. Cláudia Pascoal, M. Rosário de Oliveira, António Pacheco, Rui Valadas, Paulo Salvador, "Estudo de Associações entre Características de Fluxos de Tráfego da Internet", in Proc. XXI Congresso Anual da Sociedade Portuguesa de Estatística, Vila Real, 1 a 4 de Outubro, 2008.

Communications in International Conferences (3)

  1. D. Zaragoza, C. Belo, "An Empirical Explanation of the Long-Term Variability of IP Traffic", in Proc. Second EuroNGI Workshop on "New Trends in Modelling, Quantitative Methods and Measurements", Aveiro, 24-25, November 2005.
  2. A. Nogueira, M. R. Oliveira, R. Valadas, A. Pacheco e P. Salvador, "Using Neural Networks to Classify Internet Users based on the Hourly Traffic Utilization", in Proc. IFORS Triennial Conference, Honolulu, 11-15 July, 2005.
  3. M. R. Oliveira, L. Sertório, R. Valadas, and A. Pacheco, "On the Structure of Network Traffic Flows", in Proc. Second EuroNGI Workshop on "New Trends in Modelling, Quantitative Methods and Measurements", Aveiro, 24-25, November 2005.

Phd Thesis (2)

  1. F. Ferreira, "Embedding, Uniformization and Stochastic Ordering in the Analysis of Level-Crossing Times and GI^X/M(n)//c Systems", Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2007.
  2. H. Ribeiro, "Customers Loss Probabilities and Other Performance Measures of Regular and Oscillating Systems", Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2007.

Msc Thesis (9)

  1. Cláudia Pascoal, "Distribuição Normal Bivariada Truncada com Aplicação ao Estudo de Fluxos de Tráfego de Internet", Instituto Superior Técnico, 2007.
  2. Eduardo Rocha, "Desenvolvimento de um módulo para identificação de aplicações Internet e de uma interface para a plataforma DTMS-P2P", Universidade de Aveiro, 2007.
  3. Luís Faceira, "Plataforma para medição da Qualidade de Serviço da Oferta de Banda Larga em Portugal", Universidade de Aveiro, 2007.
  4. Roberto Nogueira, "Simulação de Sistemas P2P e Estudo do seu Tráfego Característico", Universidade de Aveiro, 2007.
  5. Sérgio Figueiredo, "Avaliação de ferramentas de simulação e modelação para apoio a tarefas de gestão de rede", Universidade de Aveiro, 2008.
  6. André Couto, "Sistema de Identificação de Aplicações Baseado em Redes Neuronais", Universidade de Aveiro, 2008.
  7. Pedro Albuquerque, "PhoneRecord: Record and Monitor VoIP Solution", Universidade de Aveiro, 2008.
  8. Catarina Monteiro, "Sistema Integrado para Recolha de Informação de Rede", Universidade de Aveiro, 2008.
  9. Hélder Veiga, "Distributed Traffic Measurement System with a Peer-to-Peer Architecture", Universidade de Aveiro, 2008.