Overview and insight into the MONICA research group

Abstract

This paper deals with the activities of the MONICA research group of the Computer Networks Laboratory at the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia. MONICA stands for the Monitoring and Optimization of Network Infrastructures, Communications and Applications. Our main areas of interest are related to development of the BasicMeter tool built in conformity with the IPFIX architecture. In this paper we give an overview of our solution and proposal of several enhancements over the scope of IPFIX, such as time synchronization for the One-Way Delay measurements, the protocol for direct communication with the analyzing application, the centralized management of the monitoring platform, and support for real-time monitoring.

Reduction of IP flow information in network traffic monitoring systems

“…Collector is designed for the collection of IPFIX messages coming from one or several Exporters. The Collector can store the collected data in a database or can make them directly accessible by the means of the ACP protocol [12]. The mainly and only developed application for this component is the JXColl (Java XML Collector).…”

“…The SLAmeter [11] is being developed by the MONICA research group [12] at the Computer Networks Laboratory of the Technical University of Košice. The tool provides a way to check whether the specified conditions between the subscriber and the provider are met.…”

SLAmeter - The evaluator of network traffic parameters

“…With subsequent analysis of the exported information network security against external or internal attacks can be improved [3], [4]; smooth functionality of various real-time dependent applications can be provided [5] in cloud computing infrastructures or the leakage of sensitive information can be prevented. Further important advantage of measuring and analyzing network traffic parameters is given by the possibility to track and fulfill the conditions specified in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) subscribed between the subscriber and provider [6].…”