Single-sided quality measuring method for Giga Internet

Abstract

This paper deals with a method to measure the quality of Giga Internet service. The existing method needs both remote servers and a client application when measuring Internet quality such as throughput(speed), delay and loss. On the other hand, the proposed method only needs a single-sided application which is installed in a personal computer(PC). The key technique is to use traffic loopback algorithm which enables the sent packets at PC to return to it via gateway equipment like L3 switch. Using this method, network providers could not only measure the quality of Giga Internet service in access network more accurately than the existing server-client method, but also reduce the cost of new measurement servers for Giga Internet service.