Network Network Analysis

Management
and Analysis 01 Introduction to Network
Analysis

02 Network Performance
Measurements

03 Performance Analysis of
Routing Protocols
Objectives
• Time management
• Reduce time
• Avoid delay and interruptions
• Cost management
• Affordable
Introduction
• Network analysis is one of the important tools for project
management.

• Network analysis are useful:

• Planning
• Scheduling
Applications of Network Analysis
• Planning, scheduling, monitoring and control of large and complex
projects.

• Construction of factories, highways, building, bridges, cinemas.

• Assembly line scheduling

 Activity :
Example of PERT It is the smallest unit of work.
It has time & resources to be scheduled & controlled

Represented by arrow
Activity Predecessor activity

A none
C
2 4
B none A F

C A 1
D
6

D A Event
start B 3 5 G
E B E
Event
F C finish

G D&E
Draw the PERT
Activity Predecessor activity

A none

B A

C A

D B

E C

F D ,E
Answer of PERT
Activity Predecessor activity

3
A none
B D
B A F
A
1 2 5 6
C A

D B C E
4
E C

F D ,E
02 Network Performance Measurements
• Bandwidth

• Throughput

• Latency

• Jitter
Bandwidth
• Bandwidth is measured as the maximum amount of data that can be
transferred from one point to another point within a network in a
specific amount of time.
10bps

1Mbps
10bps

10Mbps
Bandwidth
• Bandwidth can also be expressed as bytes per second.

• For example, 10 megabytes per second would be expressed as 10

MB/s or 10 MBps. Or 10Mbps
Bandwidth
Throughput
• Throughput is measured as the amount of data that can be
transferred from one point to another within a network in a specific
amount of time.
10 bps

1 Mbps
Latency
Latency
• Network latency is the delay in request action and the Internet’s
response to requested action.

• For example;
• Time to load web page; known as lag

• Network latency measurement in millisecond (ms)

• 1 minute = 60 second
• 1 second = 1000 ms
Latency
Latency
Jitter
• Jitter is unexpected spike in normal packet flow in network that add
more delay in packet delivery and can see irrational behaviours of
packet flow.

• Jitter is packet delay variance that calculated the time difference

between packet flow.

• High jitter of 30ms and above can cause disruption.

Jitter VP = Voice packet

variance
Jitter
• Jitter break the constant flow of packet delay and can put the
negative impact on time sensitive application such as voice, video and
gaming.

• For example – In a VoIP call, some packets may arrive faster and some
may arrive slower than they should. As a result, users will suffer from
audio issues including delays that lead to them talking over each
other.
VoIP - skype
Jitter
What causes jitter?

•Poor hardware performance. 

•Using an outdated network with older equipment, such as an outdated switch,
cable or router, can cause network jitter.

•Not enough bandwidth.

•Networks overcrowded with traffic will perform poorly because too many
active devices are using bandwidth.
Jitter
What causes jitter?

• Wireless network jitter. 

• Drawback of a wireless network is an inferior network connection.
• Wired connection helps ensure that video and voice call systems
provide a better user experience.
03 Performance Analysis of Routing Protocols
• Router

• Routing
• Static Routing
• Dynamic Routing

• Routing Protocols
• Delay
• Bandwidth
Router
What does router do? • Find paths
• Forward packets
• Find alternatives path

Path means information

received from routing
protocol
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A
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Routing
• Routing means building paths • Forwarding means moving
and giving directions packets between router
according to the directions
Routing

Same path Different path

Routing
Routing is a process of sending
data using a router that is a
tool that is able to send data
packets over the internet or
network to its destination. 3

Routing Protocols
Routers use ‘routing protocols’
to exchange routing
information.

1 2
Delay in routing
• Delay is a measure of times a packet requires to move a packet from
source to destination through the internetwork

• A routing process using delay; the path with minimal delay as the very
best path

• Delay depends on many factors;

• Different the bandwidth of intermediate network links,
• Different port queues at each router along the way,
• Network congestion
Bandwidth
• Bandwidth refers to the available traffic capacity of a link.

• However, if a faster link is busier, the actual time required to send a

packet to the destination could be greater
Bandwidth in routing
Router 6 will prefer to
send its traffic through
router 8 rather than send
it through router 7
because the route
through router 8 has a
higher bandwidth.
Performance Analysis
• Average End-to-End delay (ms) vs
Bandwidth (Mbps)

• This is comparison of three

routing protocols.

• RIP routing protocol delay is the

highest when it starts. It is the
lowest as the bandwidth
increases.
References
PERT
PERT