Simulation Modeling of Zoom Network Traffic

Abstract

In this paper, we develop a synthetic workload model for the Zoom network application based on empirical Zoom traffic measurements on a campus network. We then use this model in a simulation study of Zoom network traffic at the campus scale. The simulation results show that hybrid learning places a substantial load on the campus network, especially on the wireless network. Additional simulation experiments investigate the potential benefits of locally-hosted Zoom infrastructure, improved load balancing strategies for Zoom servers, and multicast delivery models for Zoom network traffic. The results show that the multicast approach offers the greatest potential benefit.