Models and Techniques for Network Tomography
Stephan K. Bohacek, Boris L. Rozovskii · 2001
Abstract — A new approach to network tomography is presented. This technique is not only useful for assessing the “health ” of the network, but also useful for developing advanced congestion control algorithms. The approach relies on sending data packets and receiving acknowledgments. Based on the acknowledgments, the state of the network along the path between the source and destination is determined. This work presents a framework for assessing the state, while it is expected that future work will focus on issues such as determining what the normal state of the network is and combining information about the state along several paths into a picture of the entire network. I.