Isah, Musab and Phokeer, Amreesh and Chavula, Josiah and Elmokashfi, Ahmed and Asrese, Alemnew (2020) State of Internet Measurement in Africa - A Survey, Proceedings of AFRICOMM 2019, 11th EAI International Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries, 3-4 December 2019, Porto Novo, Benin, 311, Springer, Cham.
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of a survey aimed at understanding the status of Internet measurement platforms usage, deployment and capabilities in Africa. It presents findings related to prevalence of measurement in the region, the reasons why the different business categories investigated conduct Internet measurement as well as the metrics of interest to these entities. The survey also looked at the popular measurement platforms that the respondents use in their measurement activities as well as the platforms that are hosted by businesses and users in the African region. The survey also recorded responses related to data handling and privacy considerations. A total of 123 responses were received from 34 countries. The survey revealed that Internet measurements are not widely conducted in the region largely due to the inadequacy of deployed measurement platforms, the lack of awareness in the subject, and the lack of relevant skills to carry out the measurement tasks. We outlined some recommendations to remedy these issues.
| Item Type: | Conference paper |
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| Subjects: | Networks > Network properties > Network structure > Topology analysis and generation Networks > Network properties > Network reliability Networks > Network services > Network monitoring Networks > Network performance evaluation > Network measurement |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Mar 2020 11:44 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2020 11:44 |
| URI: | http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/1375 |
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