Designing an Adaptive Bandwidth Management for Higher Education Institutions

Rolysent Paredes,College Of Computer Studies, Misamis University ,Alexander Hernandez,College Of Information Technology Education, Technological Institute Of The Philippines

doi:10.25147/ijcsr.2017.001.1.22

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Abstract

Purpose: This study proposes an adaptive bandwidth management system which can be explicitly used by educational institutions. The primary goal of the system is to increase the bandwidth of the users who access more on educational websites. Through this proposed bandwidth management, the users of the campus networks is encouraged to utilize the internet for educational purposes. Method: The weblog from a university's pfSense proxy server was utilized and undergo Web Usage Mining (WUM) to determine the number of educational and non-educational websites accessed by the users. Certain formulas were used in the computation of the bandwidth which was dynamically assigned to the users. A prototyping technique was applied in developing adaptive bandwidth management system. The prototype was simulated and evaluated by experts in compliance with ISO/IEC 14598-6 and ISO/IEC 9126-1 standards. Results: This study found that the prototype is capable of adjusting the bandwidth of the network users dynamically. The users who browsed more on educational websites or contents were assigned with higher bandwidth compared to those who are not. Further, the evaluated prototype met the software standards of ISO. Conclusion: The proposed adaptive bandwidth management can contribute to the continuous development in the area of computer networking, especially in designing and managing campus networks. It also helps the network administrators or IT managers in allocating bandwidth with minimal effort.

Highlights

A computer network is a collection of computers and other hardware interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information (Jothi, Rashid, & Husain, 2015)
This study introduced a cost-effective solution in bandwidth allocation for campus networks which can be implemented on top of the captive portal function of the free and open source networking software such as pfSense (Rubicon Communications LLC Netgate, 2018), PacketFence (Inverse Inc., 2018), Untangle (Untangle Inc., 2018), Zeroshell (Ricciardi, 2018) etc
The experts were given access to the pfSense proxy server where the prototype is implemented so that they can see the actions done by the developed bandwidth management

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INTRODUCTION

A computer network is a collection of computers and other hardware interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information (Jothi, Rashid, & Husain, 2015). This study introduced a cost-effective solution in bandwidth allocation for campus networks which can be implemented on top of the captive portal function of the free and open source networking software such as pfSense (Rubicon Communications LLC Netgate, 2018), PacketFence (Inverse Inc., 2018), Untangle (Untangle Inc., 2018), Zeroshell (Ricciardi, 2018) etc. If the user browses more educational sites, the bandwidth will be increased; otherwise, it will be in standard value or even less This proposed approach is to encourage the users (especially the students) on the campus to engage more in accessing educational contents, to focus in their studies, and to be more active in research and development. The concept of the study can be implemented on any platform in pfSense

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