Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study
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jlivingood @ 2nd Nov 08:28AM:
Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

May be of interest, as noted on our Network Management page @ »networkmanagement.comcast.net. This is one of the things that came out of the events of last year, where people felt that if only ISPs had the data that it was not possible to either (1) objectively analyze traffic data or (2) study any of the growth to develop new network designs and standards.

Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

The MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study (MITAS) is a new research project at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence laboratory (CSAIL). The goal of this project is to undertake novel empirical research of ISP traffic data. Data will be collected from at least six participating ISPs, including Comcast, and the project hopes to add more ISPs. Better data and collection methodologies are needed to inform the industry, the network research community, and policy discussions about appropriate technical and business approaches to traffic management.

Detailed traffic data will be collected from ISPs over time, enabling researchers to formulate empirically valid characterizations of both aggregate traffic patterns, as well as a traffic profile for the average users. It is important to note that no personally identifiable information about any participating ISPs' users will be used in this project.

More information about the MITAS research project can be found at the MITAS website, at »mitas.csail.mit.edu.
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EG @ 2nd Nov 09:50AM:
Re: Comcast Participates in MIT Internet Traffic Analysis Study

Interesting ! It's all good !
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