TY - GEN
T1 - Peeking behind the NAT
T2 - 13th ACM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC 2013
AU - Grover, Sarthak
AU - Park, Mi Seon
AU - Sundaresan, Srikanth
AU - Burnett, Sam
AU - Kim, Hyojoon
AU - Feamster, Nick
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - We present the first empirical study of home network availability, infrastructure, and usage, using data collected from home networks around the world. In each home, we deploy a router with custom firmware to collect information about the availability of home broadband network connectivity, the home network infrastructure (including the wireless connectivity in each home network and the number of devices connected to the network), and how people in each home network use the network. Downtime is more frequent and longer in developing countries - sometimes due to the network, and in other cases because users simply turn off their home router. We also find that some portions of the wireless spectrum are extremely crowded, that diurnal patterns are more pronounced during the week, and that most traffic in home networks is exchanged over a few connections to a small number of domains. Our study is both a preliminary view into many home networks and an illustration of how measurements from a home router can yield significant information about home networks.
AB - We present the first empirical study of home network availability, infrastructure, and usage, using data collected from home networks around the world. In each home, we deploy a router with custom firmware to collect information about the availability of home broadband network connectivity, the home network infrastructure (including the wireless connectivity in each home network and the number of devices connected to the network), and how people in each home network use the network. Downtime is more frequent and longer in developing countries - sometimes due to the network, and in other cases because users simply turn off their home router. We also find that some portions of the wireless spectrum are extremely crowded, that diurnal patterns are more pronounced during the week, and that most traffic in home networks is exchanged over a few connections to a small number of domains. Our study is both a preliminary view into many home networks and an illustration of how measurements from a home router can yield significant information about home networks.
KW - BIsmark
KW - Home networks
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U2 - 10.1145/2504730.2504736
DO - 10.1145/2504730.2504736
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84890066925
SN - 9781450319539
T3 - Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC
SP - 377
EP - 389
BT - IMC 2013 - Proceedings of the 13th ACM Internet Measurement Conference
Y2 - 23 October 2013 through 25 October 2013
ER -