Specific programme: Industrial Leadership: ICT
UPV/EHU Partner Status: Associated Partner, through Open Call 1
UPV/EHU PI: Fidel Liberal Malaina
Project start: 01/06/2016
Project end:   31/12/2017

Brief description: The rise of Mobile Broadband (MBB) usage comes together with an increasing awareness in quality of service as perceived by customers. Whilst many approaches from both the standardization bodies and the scientific environment have tried to define tools to measure and represent objective and subjective network performance, no consensus has been reached regarding the most feasible and accurate measurement methodology. Taking advantage of MONROE MBB networks measurement deployment, MARiL proposes to develop and contribute as open source multi-layer measurement tools that implement the most significative standardized Internet access measurement methods. In this regard, MARiL targets both main TCP-based and IP-layer model-based approaches. Regarding the validation of this proposal and seeking for a deep study among different contexts of use, several tests will be designed and carried out in the MONROE's Pan-European deployment. Firstly, static nodes will be used in order to establish a fair comparison between both measurement philosophies. Secondly, a large-scale measurement phase will be held under different mobility patterns, constraining developed tools in such challenging conditions. The results comparison amongst these alternatives will help determining the most adequate measurement philosophy under each scenario. Finally, helped by the metadata obtainable from MONROE node, MARiL will propose a cross-layer mapping of objective performance metrics aiming to define a more accurate relationship between performance at different layers under the aforementioned conditions. Hence, MONROE will benefit from MARiL's for its validation and addressing of MONROE as the main large-scale platform in Europe, as well as for its developments and studies for future open-calls and the further research advance. The outcome of MARiL will also input to different standardization bodies, including ITU-T, IETF and ETSI, while targeting liaison with RIPE and M-LAB initiatives. Thus, MARiL leverages the impact of the whole MONROE project in terms of transfer-to-standards and open data/open source communities.