Dependability of IP networks

This web site was established by the Finnish research project "Dependability evaluation methods for IP networks", IPLU (IP-verkkojen luotettavuuden arviointimenetelmät). The IPLU project aimed to create a conceptual framework for assessing the complex problem "Can one rely on IP technology?" The project started in November 2005 and lasted for one year. The follow-up project IPLU-II (2007-2008) is part of Tekes' GIGA program. This page informs about results and events of both projects.

Events organized by IPLU and IPLU-II:

IPLU-II-projektin päätösseminaari
The final seminar of IPLU-II on April 24, 2009

IP-verkkojen luotettavuuden kysymyksiä
Annual seminar of IPLU-II on February 8, 2008

IP-verkkojen luotettavuuden arviointimenetelmät
IPLU's final seminar on February 2, 2007

Dependability of All-IP networks
A multidisciplinary workshop organized by IPLU on May 18-19, 2006

IP-verkkojen luotettavuus - mitä se on?
A public seminar organized by IPLU on May 17, 2006 (in Finnish)

Publications

Reports produced by the IPLU projects:

On the dependability of IP networks. Results of the IPLU-II project
An executive summary of IPLU-II, August 2009.

Jorma Kilpi: Enabling distributed fault diagnosis in multicast-based IPTV delivery
A report of the IPLU-II project, August 2009.

Pirkko Kuusela, Ilkka Norros and Pertti Raatikainen: Report on modeling reliability of an IP-network and strategies for improving the reliability
A report of the IPLU-II project, June 2009.

Sami Nousiainen, Jorma Kilpi, Paula Silvonen and Mikko Hiirsalmi: Anomaly detection from server log
data. A case study.

A study originated and partly financed within IPLU. Reference: VTT Research Notes 2480, 2009.

Pirkko Kuusela: Case study: Reliability of MPLS multicast
IPLU-II project case study on reliability of MPLS multicast, May 7, 2008

Pertti Raatikainen: Cost to build dependable all-IP networks
A report of the IPLU-II project, December 2007

The dependability of an IP network - how to assess it?
The final report of the IPLU project, January 9, 2007

Pertti Raatikainen: Next Generation Network and Reliability
A report produced by the IPLU project, January 1, 2007

Kari Seppänen: Resiliency in Ethernet Based Transport Networks
A report produced by the IPLU project, October 30. 2006

The dependability of an IP network – what is it?
A baseline paper of  the IPLU project, May 16, 2006

Journal and conference publications:

J. Kilpi. IP-Availability and SLA. International Workshop on Traffic Management and Traffic Engineering for the Future Internet (FITraMEn 08). Porto, Portugal, December 2008.

I.Norros, P.Kuusela and P. Savola. A Dependability Case Approach to the Assessment of IP networks. The First International Workshop on Dependability and Security in Complex and Critical Information Systems (DEPEND2008), August 2008. (Conference paper is available from IEEE Xplore Digital Library, direct link to pdf; available only here: Extended version.)

Ilkka Norros, Urho Pulkkinen and Jorma Kilpi.  Downtime-frequency curves for availability characterization. The 37th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN2007), June 2007.

I. Norros. A broad approach to the dependability of IP networks. European CIIP Newsletter 2:3 (2006)

Other material:

Dependability case of Funet's core network:
The first testing of dependability case methodology on Funet's core network. This is not ment to be a proper dependability assessment, but we have attempted to consider all relevant aspects and formulate respective subclaims and argumentation that could be found to support them.  This prelimanary case points to a way how to proceed towards a more thorough investigation (with more hard data available). The dependability case methodology itself  is described  in the paper "A Dependability Case Approach to the Assessment of IP Networks", see above.  html-version of  the dependability case

A talk on the Dependability Case of Funet's Core Network given in NORDUnet 2008 conference.

Contact: Ilkka Norros, VTT (firstname.lastname@vtt.fi).