Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences

The demand for Internet services and network resources in Educational networks are increasing rapidly.Specifically, the revolution of web 2.0 "also referred to as the Read-Write Web" has changed the way of information exchange and distribution. Although web 2.0 has gained attraction in all...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Mustafa M.H., Omar, Mohd Hasbullah, Habbal, Adib M. Monzer, Mohd Zaini, Khuzairi
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Language:English
Published: Science Publications 2014
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12601/1/jcssp.pdf
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author Ibrahim, Mustafa M.H.
Omar, Mohd Hasbullah
Habbal, Adib M. Monzer
Mohd Zaini, Khuzairi
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description The demand for Internet services and network resources in Educational networks are increasing rapidly.Specifically, the revolution of web 2.0 "also referred to as the Read-Write Web" has changed the way of information exchange and distribution. Although web 2.0 has gained attraction in all sectors of the education industry, but it results in high-traffic loads on networks which often leads to the Internet users" dissatisfaction.Therefore, analyzing Internet traffic becomes an urgent need to provide high-quality service, monitoring bandwidth usage.In this study, we focus on analyzing the Internet traffic in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) main campus. We performed measurement analysis form the application level characteristics based on users' preferences.A total of three methodological steps are carried out to meet the objective of this study namely data collection, data analysis and data presentation.The finding shows that social networks are the most web applications visited in UUM.These findings lead to facilitate the enhancement of Educational network performance and Internet bandwidth strategies.
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spelling uum-126012016-05-17T08:28:28Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12601/ Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences Ibrahim, Mustafa M.H. Omar, Mohd Hasbullah Habbal, Adib M. Monzer Mohd Zaini, Khuzairi T Technology (General) The demand for Internet services and network resources in Educational networks are increasing rapidly.Specifically, the revolution of web 2.0 "also referred to as the Read-Write Web" has changed the way of information exchange and distribution. Although web 2.0 has gained attraction in all sectors of the education industry, but it results in high-traffic loads on networks which often leads to the Internet users" dissatisfaction.Therefore, analyzing Internet traffic becomes an urgent need to provide high-quality service, monitoring bandwidth usage.In this study, we focus on analyzing the Internet traffic in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) main campus. We performed measurement analysis form the application level characteristics based on users' preferences.A total of three methodological steps are carried out to meet the objective of this study namely data collection, data analysis and data presentation.The finding shows that social networks are the most web applications visited in UUM.These findings lead to facilitate the enhancement of Educational network performance and Internet bandwidth strategies. Science Publications 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_public_domain https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/12601/1/jcssp.pdf Ibrahim, Mustafa M.H. and Omar, Mohd Hasbullah and Habbal, Adib M. Monzer and Mohd Zaini, Khuzairi (2014) Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences. Journal of Computer Science, 10 (1). pp. 99-105. ISSN 1549-3636 http://dx.doi.org/10.3844/jcssp.2014.99.105 doi:10.3844/jcssp.2014.99.105 doi:10.3844/jcssp.2014.99.105
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title Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences
title_full Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences
title_fullStr Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences
title_short Analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users' preferences
title_sort analysis of internet traffic in educational network based on users preferences
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