Implicit traffic classification for service differentiation
Chintan Trivedi, H.J. Trussell, Arne A. Nilsson, Mo–Yuen Chow · 2002
Abstract – Current trends indicate that traffic handling in the networks of the next generation will include service differentiation. Traffic classification is a fundamental problem to be solved before this objective can be achieved. In this work we propose a unique scheme to classify Internet traffic into flows over a time frame, based on the application to which the packets belong. One key aspect of our scheme is that it does not involve reading the OSI layer 4 header to determine the application. This ‘implicit ’ classification builds a foundation for estimation and prediction of traffic mix, which is a long-term goal of this research project. The classification results mentioned in this paper indicate that this approach is promising. I.