Abstract—In this paper we presented the results of a series of available bandwidth experiments conducted in a control environment testbed by using WAN Emulator to represent the actual network. The approaches are classified according to the available bandwidth methodology of Self Loading Periodic Streams (SLoPS). The comparative analysis of state-of-the-art available bandwidth will be focusing on a tool called Pathload that used SLoPS methodology, and compare it with our new technique called PathF3. The results show that PathF3 can give a near accurate estimation as compared to Pathload.

Index Terms—PathF3, Available Bandwidth, Bandwidth Measurement and SLoPS

Mazni Amil is with the Telekom Research and Development : TMR&D Innovation Centre, Lingkaran Teknokrat Timur, 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia (phone: (603) 88839331; fax: (603) 88839596; e-mail: mazni@tmrnd.com.my).
Mohamad Yusoff Alias, is with Engineering Faculty in Multimedia University, Jalan Multimedia 63100 Cyberjaya Selangor Malaysia (e-mail: yusoff@mmu.edu.my).
Khairil Anuar is with Engineering Faculty in Multimedia University, Jalan Multimedia 63100 Cyberjaya Selangor Malaysia (e-mail: khairil@mmu.edu.my).

Cite: Mazni Amil, Mohamad Yusoff Alias and Khairil Anuar, "PathF3 - Improving Accuracy and Network Load in Available Bandwidth Estimation Based on SLoPS Methodology vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 218-222, 2010.