Papers, presentations and other documents
Papers and presentations that describe the M-Lab platform, tools and data as well as research results obtained from the analysis of the M-Lab data.
Papers
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2014
ISP Interconnection and its Impact on Consumer Internet Performance - A Measurement Lab Consortium Technical Report
Research on the impact of ISP Interconnections
Challenges and Issues on Collecting and Analyzing Large Volumes of Network Data Measurements
New Trends in Databases and Information Systems 2014
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2013
Visualizing Internet-Measurements Data for Research Purposes: the NeuViz Data Visualization Tool
Overview of NeuViz, a network measurement visualization tool tailored to with with data from the NeuBot measurement tool.
Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran
Using M-Lab’s NDT data to analyze Iranian Internet throttling and censorship.
Strengthening Measurements from the Edges: Application-level Packet Loss Rate Estimation
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review 2013
February 2013 Measuring Broadband America Report, FCC
The FCC’s February 2013 survey of Internet performance in the United States. Measurement was performed against the M-Lab infrastructure.
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2012
Broadband Access to the Internet via Mobile Interfaces
The authors examine mobile network performance indicators in the context of a European regulatory framework. IEEE WMCNT 2012.
Network neutrality and consumer discrimination: Comparing ISP’s GTCs and DPI application
The authors look at data from M-Lab’s Glasnost tool and other sources to examine its role in the network neutrality debate. EconStor 2012.
Measuring Internet Performance when Broadband is the New PSTN
The authors review M-Lab and other sources of performance measurement data in an era when “broadband is the new PSTN.” MIT technical report. 2012.
Estimating Packet Loss Rate in the Access Through Application-Level Measurements
Using data from the Neubot measurement tool, the authors propose a model for estimating packet loss rate by a given connection.
LIFEGUARD: Practical Repair of Persistent Route Failures
Using data from measurement tools the authors examine long-term network outages, and propose a system for detection, localization, and remediation.
Unraveling the Economic and Political Drivers of Deep Packet Inspection
Using data from M-Lab’s Glasnost tool, the authors identify and examine deep packet inspection (DPI) used to throttle and block BitTorrent traffic.
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2011
Broadband Internet Performance: A View From the Gateway
The architects of the BISmark router-based measurement tool present the first study of network access link performance measured by BISmark.
Deep Packet Inspection and Bandwidth Management: Battles over BitTorrent in Canada and the United States.
The authors examine use if DPI by Internet service providers to enable throttling or blocking of BitTorrent uploads or downloads. TPRC 2011.
ShaperProbe: End-to-end Detection of ISP Traffic Shaping using Active Methods
The authors of the Shaperprobe tool illuminate their methodology for detecting various types of traffic shaping. IMC 2011.
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2010
Measurement Lab: Overview and an Invitation to the Research Community
Founders of M-Lab discuss the scope of the effort, and invite the research community to join them in expanding global measurement.
Understanding Broadband Speed Measurements
The authors review different speed measurement tools, including M-Lab’s NDT tool, and examine the benefits of different approaches.
Reverse Traceroute
The architects of the Reverse Traceroute tool discuss their model for providing reverse trace information. NSDI 2010.
Glasnost: Enabling End Users to Detect Traffic Differentiation
The architects of the Glasnost tool describe the rationale behind the tool and the way it can help expose opaque ISP network management. NSDI 2010.
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2008
Pathdiag: Automated TCP Diagnosis
The authors review the pathdiag tool, used to diagnose network performance problems commonly affecting TCP-based applications.
Detecting BitTorrent Blocking
The architects of the Glasnost tool review the model by which they designed a test to detect ISP throttling and blocking of the BitTorrent protocol.
Presentations
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2012
M-Lab at IMC
Presented at IMC, November 2012
M-Lab. Network Science at Scale
Presented at MIT, November 2012
M-Lab. Open Internet Performance Data, and How to Get it
Presented at the OECD - WPIIS, December 14 2012
Other documents
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M-Lab Two-Pager
A brief overview of M-Lab
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M-Lab server specifications for contributors
A detailed technical review of the specifications and requirements for M-Lab server hosts
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How to get involved with M-Lab
An overview of ways to join and support the M-Lab consortium
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Requirements and procedure for approval of new M-Lab tools
Enumerating the requirements and process for approval of a new measurement tool on the M-Lab platform.
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M-Lab Roles and Responsibilities
An outline for the roles and responsibilities for M-Lab operations and researchers using the platform.
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M-Lab's founding vision document
The founding vision and operational procedures of the M-Lab measurement consortium, as laid out in 2009