NDLI: First Person Shooter Multiplayer Game Traffic Analysis

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Qili Zhou Miller, C.J. Bassilious, V.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Sch. of Comput. & Creative Technol., Abertay Univ.-Dundee, Dundee (Qili Zhou; Miller, C.J.; Bassilious, V.)
Abstract	Internet delay is important for FPS games because it can determine who wins or loses a game. Network traffic for such games has been analysed using packet size and inter-packet time metrics fitting a statistical model. However, the effect of other network traffic on game traffic was not investigated or considered. This paper explores the traffic generated by an FPS game, taking into account the effects of other Internet traffic. Experiments were conducted in an isolated local network, repeated across the Internet and in a simulator with varying degrees of background traffic. FPS game packet inter-arrival time distribution was observed to spread with the decrease of bandwidth due to other traffic along network paths. The twin peak characteristic of packet inter-arrival time observed in the isolated local network experiment flattens and spreads to a bell-shape as bandwidth decreases due to the increased and non-unique delay of packet arrivals.
Starting Page	195
Ending Page	200
File Size	269201
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769531328
DOI	10.1109/ISORC.2008.28
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-05-05
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Telecommunication traffic Traffic control Web server Internet Bandwidth Distributed computing Object oriented modeling IP networks Delay effects Local area networks multiplayer games ethereal internet traffic analysis interarrival delay intersend delay bandwidth
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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