A perfSONAR-Based Network Performance Weathermap System

Abstract

The deployment of an automatic network performance measurement system is crucial to the early detection and analysis of network quality degradations and failures. Once the overall network health status can be summarized and visualized in an easily accessible graphic user interface, the difficulty of network maintenance and troubleshooting can be significantly reduced. This study provided a detailed introduction to how the perfSONAR is implemented in TWAREN backbone and how the individual data are integrated and eventually visualized as a handy weathermap for network operators to use.