Optimal elephant flow detection

Ran Ben Basat, Gil Einziger, Roy Friedman, Yaron Kassner

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Abstract

Monitoring the traffic volumes of elephant flows, including the total byte count per flow, is a fundamental capability for online network measurements. We present an asymptotically optimal algorithm for solving this problem in terms of both space and time complexity. This improves on previous approaches, which can only count the number of packets in constant time. We evaluate our work on real packet traces, demonstrating an up to X2.5 speedup compared to the best alternative.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationINFOCOM 2017 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)9781509053360
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2017 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 1 May 20174 May 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
ISSN (Print)0743-166X

Conference

Conference2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period1/05/174/05/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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