Flow Monitoring Experiences at the Ethernet-Layer

Rick Hofstede; Idilio Drago; Anna Sperotto; Aiko Pras

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_15

Flow Monitoring Experiences at the Ethernet-Layer

Rick Hofstede
, Idilio Drago
, Anna Sperotto
, Aiko Pras

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Abstract

Flow monitoring is a scalable technology for providing summaries of network activity. Being deployed at the IP-layer, it uses fixed flow definitions, based on fields of the IP-layer and higher layers. Since several backbone network operators are considering the deployment of (Carrier) Ethernet in their Next-Generation Network, flow monitoring should also evolve in that direction. In order to do flow monitoring at the Ethernet-layer, Ethernet header fields need to be considered in flow definitions. IPFIX provides the flexibility to change the definition of flows, incorporating information from several layers in the network (including non-IP fields). The deployment of IPFIX is still at an early stage, which means that use cases for Ethernet-layer monitoring are not well known yet. This paper provides an overview of the usability of IPFIX at the Ethernet-layer and presents several use cases in which Ethernet-layer flow monitoring provides new insights and different views on a network.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Energy-Aware Communications
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Workshop, EUNICE 2011, Dresden, Germany, September 5-7, 2011, Proceedings
Editors	Ralf Lehnert
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	129-140
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-23541-2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-23540-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_15
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2011
Event	17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011 - Dresden, Germany Duration: 5 Sept 2011 → 7 Sept 2011 Conference number: 17

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	6955
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Workshop

Workshop	17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011
Abbreviated title	EUNICE
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Dresden
Period	5/09/11 → 7/09/11

Keywords

Carrier ethernet
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/257513
IPFIX
Flow monitoring
Network management

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Hofstede, R, Drago, I, Sperotto, A & Pras, A 2011, Flow Monitoring Experiences at the Ethernet-Layer. in R Lehnert (ed.), Energy-Aware Communications: 17th International Workshop, EUNICE 2011, Dresden, Germany, September 5-7, 2011, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6955, Springer, Berlin, pp. 129-140, 17th International Workshop on Energy-Aware Communications, EUNICE 2011, Dresden, Germany, 5/09/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23541-2_15

Flow Monitoring Experiences at the Ethernet-Layer. / Hofstede, Rick; Drago, Idilio; Sperotto, Anna et al.
Energy-Aware Communications: 17th International Workshop, EUNICE 2011, Dresden, Germany, September 5-7, 2011, Proceedings. ed. / Ralf Lehnert. Berlin: Springer, 2011. p. 129-140 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6955).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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