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== NTK_RFC 0002 ==
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Subject: bandwidth measurement
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This text describes a change to the Npv7.
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It will be included in the final documentation, so feel free to correct it.
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But if you want to change the system here described, please contact us first.
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== Link measurement issues ==
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In the current version of the Npv7 the link quality is measured only with the
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rtt and packets loss, so only the lantecy is actually considered, this isn't
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optimal since also a link with a bandwidth of 20000 bps can have a good
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lantecy.
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It isn't a critical problem since more than one route is used to reach a
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single dst_node, so when a route is satured the kernel will use another one
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looking in the nexthop table of that route.
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== Improvement ==
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In order to improve the link measurement a node must include in the tracer
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pkts the available bandwidth of its traversed link.
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The link bandwidth, which will be used to modify the real rtt, in this way it
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will be possible to have a traffic shaping based also on the real bandwidth of
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the links.
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== Bandwidth measurement ==
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There are two phases of measurement: in the first the total bandwidth of the
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new links is measured by the hooking node and the destination nodes, in the
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second the bandwidth of the links is constantly monitored.
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The utilised bandwidth will be monitored with iptables and the libiptc library.
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See http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Querying-libiptc-HOWTO/bmeter.html .
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We also need to know the total bandwidth which can handle the network
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interface. What is a good method to do this?
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=== Total available bandwidth ===
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{{{
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A <-> B <-> C
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}}}
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The node B is hooking to A and C. At the end of the hook, B measures the
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total available bandwidth of the links B<->C and B<->A.
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It sends an indefinite amount of random packets, for some seconds, to the
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destination of the link. The link is monitored with libiptc and the maximum
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rate of bytes per second is registered as the maximum available upload
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bandwidth for that specific link. These steps are repeated for each rnode.
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Since the link might be asymettric the measurement is also repeated by A and
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C. In the end we have the measurement of: A->B, B->A, C->B, B->C.
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=== Realtime bandwidth monitoring ===
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With the use of the libiptc library, B can monitor the bandwidth usage of its
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links.
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{{{
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Max_link_bw = Total available bandwidth of the link
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free_link_bw = available/not used bandwidth of the link
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cur_used_link_bw= amount of bandwidth currently used
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Max_NIC_bw = maximum bandwidth of the network interface
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cur_used_NIC_bw = amount of the total bandwidth currently used of the network
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interface
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}}}
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To calculate the `free_link_bw':
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{{{
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free_link_bw = Max_link_bw - cur_used_link_bw
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if(free_link_bw > Max_NIC_bw - cur_used_NIC_bw)
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free_link_bw = (Max_NIC_bw - cur_used_NIC_bw);
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}}}
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The `free_link_bw' value will be used to modify the `rtt' used to sort the
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routes in the routing table.
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{{{
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modified_rtt(free_link_bw, real_rtt) = 27<<27 + real_rtt - bandwidth_in_8bit(free_link_bw)
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real_rtt must be <= 2^32-27<<27-1 (about 8 days)
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You can find the definition of bandwidth_in_8bit() here:
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http://hinezumilabs.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/netsukuku/src/igs.c?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup
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}}}
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== Latency VS bandwidth ==
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It may also happens that a link has a good bandwidth but a high latency.
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A low latency is needed by semi-realtime applications: for a ssh connection
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we don't care to have a 100Mbs connection but we want to use the shell in
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realtime, so when we type a command we get a fast response.
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The Netsukuku should create three different routing tables:
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* the first shall include the routes formed by the links with the best bandwidth value.
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* the second shall include the "best latency" routes
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* the routes in the third table shall be an average of the first and the second tables
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If the protocol of the application uses the "tos" value in its IP packets, it
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is possible to add a routing rule and choose the right table for that
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protocol: the ssh protocol will be routed by the second table.
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== Caveats ==
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If the libiptc are used, it will be more difficult to port the daemon for
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other kernels than Linux. Libpcap is a good alternative.
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It is possible to capture the packets for some seconds using libpcap, count
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them and find how much bandwidth is used.
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== IGS ==
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The inet-gw which share their internet connection measure also the utilzed
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bandwidth of the Internet connection.
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The maximum download and upload bandwidth is known since it must be specified
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by the user in the netsukuku.conf config file. In this way, monitoring the
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device used by the Internet default route, it's trivial to known the
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available bandwidth.
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----
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related: [Netsukuku_RFC]
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