Subject: [conex] References on Heavy Internet Users

From: "Mcdysan, David E" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 11:57:43 -0500

The following are references on heavy internet user  that may help better define (part of) the problem statement for the new section on "Statistical Multiplexing over Longer Time Scales"

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/solutions/itm/index.html

Click on Intelligent Traffic Management Application Note<http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/DocumentStreamerServlet?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=Application_Notes/ITM_AppNote.pdf> and look at section 4.3. This paper also describes a specific solution, and I am only referring to it since it has an example of the cited statistics.

10% of the users are heavy and consume 60% of the bandwidth in Canada http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/giant-telecoms-stick-to-guns-on-charging-heavy-internet-users-more-115776954.html

Some definitions on "Bandwidth Cap" (aka shaping), statistical multiplexing, usage caps, dynamic setting of bandwidth caps and more on Canadian reactions:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_cap

I used Google and searched on "heavy internet user" and "problem" or  "fairness" and you will find many announcements by service providers and reactions by users. Also, you will find interesting analyses on the demographic, psychological and social implications of heavy internet usage, which is problem that I am NOT proposing that conex strive to solve. :-)

In a similar but related thread, usage caps have been employed by many ISPs to target heavy users, but these have a separate set of issues and challenges.

Thanks,

Dave