Network configurations survey

Sun Feb 16 17:59:30 UTC 2020

Hi. Yes, I will be sharing the results (anonymously, of course). I have
been working on a research publication and the survey results will be a
part of it.

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 4:27 AM Etienne-Victor Depasquale <edepa at ieee.org>
wrote:

> Will you share the results? It would be good to know them.
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 7:07 PM Usama Naseer <usama6naseer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi NANOG,
>>
>> We have often read that CDNs/CSPs optimize their networking stack
>> configurations (e.g., TCP, HTTP etc.) to meet their performance/service
>> requirements.
>> Please help us in exploring the configurations used in the wild by
>> filling us this short survey (<10 minutes): CDN network configuration
>> survey <https://forms.gle/vaGNC3gHxps3Esqs9> (
>> https://forms.gle/vaGNC3gHxps3Esqs9)
>>
>> *Background:*
>> There’s a plethora of protocols and configuration options (TCP congestion
>> control, initial congestion windows, HTTP version, HTTP options etc.)
>> available for networking stack to address a variety of realistic network
>> conditions and devices. Content providers mostly hand-tune the network
>> stack configurations to suit the needs of underlying networks and users. We
>> aim to improve the tuning by building a dynamic network stack that
>> delegates the choice of tuning configurations to a data-driven model and
>> uses the optimal set of configurations for individual networks.
>>
>> *Purpose of Survey:*
>> This survey aims to understand the networking configurations used
>> in-the-wild by network operators and the extent of configuration tuning
>> used to curate the networking stack according to the needs of underlying
>> networks. We also aim to understand the rationale that goes behind tuning
>> the stack to a certain configuration.
>>
>> We expect the survey to be filled by anyone involved with content
>> delivery, protocol designing, next-gen protocols or network infrastructure.
>> The survey and collected data are anonymous and the aggregate results will
>> be used as part of a scientific study.
>>
>> Thanks in advance and we look forward to your responses.
>>
>> Usama Naseer (Brown University)
>>
>> PS: We would appreciate if you could forward the email to other operators
>> who might not be a part of NANOG.
>>
>
>
> --
> Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale
> Assistant Lecturer
> Department of Communications & Computer Engineering
> Faculty of Information & Communication Technology
> University of Malta
> Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
>
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