Broadband Characteristics Measurements Node(KO.M.E.X.)

Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission

Department of Telecommunications

Dr. Nikolaos Tsarmpopoulosntsarmpopoulos@eett.gr

February 2011

Project Objectives

Objectives:Promote transparency and competition.Map performance of broadband connections in

different areas of the country.

Tools:Provide consumers with:

simple, easy to use tools, to measure their broadband connection (performance, network neutrality)

useful personalized and country-wide geographical statistics.

Develop statistical methods and tools for use by the NRA.

The Athens M-Lab Node

M-Lab web site is available in Greek: http://www.measurement-lab.org/

KO.M.E.X. utilizes the Athens Measurement Lab Node, donated by EETT and GRnet to the M-Lab partnership. 3 high-end (3x2x4-core CPUs)

measurement servers. 1Gbps optical link with GR-IX via

GRnet’s network. http://www.gr-ix.gr/services/statistics/

The GR-IX interconnects Greek ISPs’ backbone networks, utilizing 100Gbps/10Gbps optical links.

The node is capable of supporting a significant number of concurrent active measurements.

NDT Measurement Tool

Simple, Easy to use broadband performance measurement tool.

Seamless integration with the GIS web app.

Optional Personalized Services

User registration and authentication is required for:

Personalized Statistics

Geo-mapping

Geo-mapping Measurements Data

High-Level Maps

Current (alpha) Ver.:Polygons representing: Counties

Full Version:Polygons representing: Municipalities (Switching Centers?)

High-detailed maps

Current (alpha) Ver.:

View of individual measurements

Single-color view

Allows EETT & Telcos to study: Usability issues Application performance

issues Consumer feedback

High-detailed maps

Full Version:

Use of Color-scale to help identify areas with higher or lower network performance characteristics.

Presentation of Telecom operator

Filter by time zone 00:00-07:59 08:00-15:59 16:00-23:59

Filter by day

Filter by Package

Personalized Statistics

Detect performance improvement or degradation

Detect cabling faults.

Export measurements data

Help consumers present connection performance issues to ISP’s engineers.

Other features

In the full version:

Verification of connections and subscription packages is planned to be performed automatically (via Web Services) in cooperation with ISPs.

Additional statistics available to the NRA and the ISP.

Thank you!