Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles - A New Predictive Mechanism Based on Artificial Neural Network

Abstract

Many recent developments of computer technology, such as web services, Grid, peer-to-peer, and mobile computing, are network-based computing. Their applicability depends on the availability of the underlying network bandwidth. However, network resources are shared and the available network bandwidth varies with time. There is no satisfactory solution available for network performance predictions. This lack of prediction limits the applicability of network-based computing, especially for Grid computing where concurrent remote processing is essential. In this paper, we propose an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based approach for network performance prediction. The ANN mechanism has been tested on classical trace files and compared with the well-known system NWS (Network Weather Service) for performance. Experimental results show the ANN approach always provides an improved prediction over that of NWS.