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Jordan  (Updated 2/14/2019)

We had a Zoom meeting with Eyad and Baraa of the Jordan team.

  • They will install the PingER traceroute server, the data gatherer (ping_data.pl) and the Measurement Agent (MA, pinger2.pl). 
  • In response to Email sent 1/26/2019 they say "We have just finished exams. We will be starting the setup and hopefully estimated to finish by the end of this week." 
    • 1/30/2019: there is a challenge that they do not have DNS service so we will have to use the IP address as the name.
    • 2/3/2019: Another challenge is that we will need to use port 8771.
    • The site is up and running 2/7/2019.
    • I need to enter it It needs to be entered into the meta database, but we need and have requested some information
      • The latitude and longitude (as decimal numbers) of the site.  Within 100 metres is fine.
      • A street address would be nice.
      • The official name of the University/site.
      • The web URL for the university/site. If the university site has a domain then the node name is probably www. If it does not have a domain name then invent one.
      • Baraa provided the information 2/14/2019, and Les added it to the  Oracle NODEDETAILS meta database. 
    • It would be a good idea to download and install the most recent version of pinger2.pl available at www.slac.stanford.edu/compo/net/mon/tool/pinger2.pl in case you need to monitor IPv6 nodes.  Baraa agreed to do this.
  • Eyad has møved to Instanbul Turkey. He will look at installing a PingER MA there.

Amity (Updated 1/3/2019).

Amity team photo:

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Email list (pinger-am in https://groups.google.com) set up for the Amity PingER team including Aayush Jain, James David, Naman Madan, Dr Sai Sabitha. Invites sent 1/26/2019

Dr. Sai Sabitha Topher sent the final copy of paper Id 255: "Network Performance of PingER data with respect to growth of the Telecom Industry in India" that was presented at Amity Confluence conference 1/10/2019.

Requested final copy of the paper ID 256: "Extension of the PingER project onto Mobile Devices using Android Applications" for the SLAC archives, by email 1/26/2019.

From the meeting with Amity last month:

We (Topher and the PingER team) agreed to request Amity to share the App and instructions with us; we will look at installing on a jailbroken Android phone at the San Francisco end and try it out.

  • Instructions from Aayush to load the application are at ePingER Functional prototype (for Androids only)
    • Topher was able to make the prototype work on an android phone prior to our last call. They might have an updated app, in which case he can further test it, but he’d need to know where to get it. He offered to put it in an android phone and drop it off for you at SLAC where we can also test it, in early February. 
    • Email sent to Amity 1/27/2019 asking if there is a newer version of the App.

Email sent to Amity 1/26/2019: "We also need to finish up the proxy acquisition of data from the Android MAs. According to the notes from the recent meeting

  • We will use the amity anonymous FTP server to gather the data.
  • They will add the GPS coordinates (lat/long) to the MA data. This will enable looking at mobile PingER measurements.
  • Is this correct? What will be the address to fetch the data from by anonymous FTP? If so there any progress? Do you need anything from our end?"

Adib (Updated 12/15/2018)

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Adib moved to Karabuk University in Turkey where he is an Associate Professor.  

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He will discuss with the department head about installing a PingER MA there.

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Title: Socio-economic Development Indices and Their Reflection on Internet Performance in ASEAN Countries

Corresponding Author: Adib Habbal

Co-Authors: Les Cottrell, Emmanuel Mkpojiogu, Bebo White, Suhaidi Hassan, Faisal Zulhumadi

Unfortunately, it was rejected.
Adib, Bebo and Les are looking for another journal, some possibilities include:  https://webscience-journal.net/webscience, 

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/business-horizons, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/government-information-quarterly 

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Amity (Updated 2/14/2018).

Amity team photo:

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Email list (pinger-am in https://groups.google.com) set up for the Amity PingER team including Aayush Jain, James David, Naman Madan, Dr Sai Sabitha. Invites sent 1/26/2019

Dr. Sai Sabitha Topher sent the final copy of paper Id 255: "Network Performance of PingER data with respect to growth of the Telecom Industry in India" that was presented at Amity Confluence conference 1/10/2019.

Requested final copy of the paper ID 256: "Extension of the PingER project onto Mobile Devices using Android Applications" for the SLAC archives, by email 1/26/2019.

From the meeting with Amity last month:

We (Topher and the PingER team) agreed to request Amity to share the App and instructions with us; we will look at installing on a jailbroken Android phone at the San Francisco end and try it out.

  • Instructions from Aayush to load the application are at ePingER Functional prototype (for Androids only)
    • Topher was able to make the prototype work on an android phone prior to our last call. They might have an updated app, in which case he can further test it, but he’d need to know where to get it. He offered to put it in an android phone and drop it off for you at SLAC where we can also test it, in early February. 
    • Email sent to Amity 1/27/2019 asking if there is a newer version of the App.

Email sent to Amity 1/26/2019: "We also need to finish up the proxy acquisition of data from the Android MAs. According to the notes from the recent meeting

  • We will use the amity anonymous FTP server to gather the data.
  • They will add the GPS coordinates (lat/long) to the MA data. This will enable looking at mobile PingER measurements.
  • Is this correct? What will be the address to fetch the data from by anonymous FTP? If so there any progress? Do you need anything from our end?"

Bebo will contact Topher, and look at installing on a spare Android at Bebo's home in San Francisco.  We could also do that at SLAC.

Adib (Updated 2/14/2018)

 

NUST: (Updated 2/14/2019)

Unable to gather data from maggie1.seecs.edu.pk and monitor.seecs.edu.pk. Email sent 1/26/2019

  • results{monitor.seecs.edu.pk}[0] not defined, unable to gather data for 11 consecutive days this month
  • Skipping monitor.seecs.edu.pk(5) does not ping by name or address 111.68.101.10. Wajahat will look at it.
  • Wajahat fixed maggie.seecs.edu.pk 2/29/2019, Les sent email 2/3/2019 to Wajahat asking about monitor1.seecs.edu.pk.
  • pinger.isra.edu.pk is not pingable and unable to gather data starting 2/11/2019. We will wait a few days and see if it recovers.

Wajahat provided the following update 12/8/2018

  • "We have been aggressively pursuing the three nodes(121.52.146.180 (kohat.edu.pk) down since Nov 22/2017; cae.seecs.edu.pk last time we were able to gather any data was September 2nd 2018; and pinger.isra.edu.pk no data since 5th Sept 2018, so it is a candidate to Disable). It appears to me that the participating institutes have started to lose interest in the project. Anyhow, we will keep pushing. Maybe a letter of appreciation from SLAC might rejuvenate their energies. What is your opinion?

  • Wajahat raised the topic: We also need to formulate some research problems that have the potential of appearing in some well-known places. This might help in attracting NUST students which is getting harder these days. I need your help in this regard.

    Discussion:

    • There is a web page at Future PingER Projects which was last updated July 2018. Topics that currently stand out include:
      • Applying Blockchain to PingER data, see the paper by Saqib, here.
      • Graphical traceroute maps.  Note currently when one looks up the location of a router, it usually gives the location of the home site that is managing the routers, e.g. ESnet routers in the US and Europe are all identified as being at LBL. Using ping minimum RTTs to a router from multiple sites (e.g. the perfSONAR traceroute servers in the US, Canada, and Europe, see http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon/viper/tulipmap.html) one can use trilateration to identify the location of the router. Earlier work on this can be found at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/tulip/
      • Deploying Android/Pinger devices, understand how their low cost (cheap enough to be disposable), low power (e.g. use of solar power) and potential mobility may be used, i.e. the risks, mitigations, and benefits.
      • Linked Open  Data applied to PingER data.
      • Using PingER data as a source of big data to search anomalies, trends etc.
      • Case studies, e.g. can one identify the impact on networking of social unrest such as the current Venezuala difficulties, or of other events such as earthquakes or Tsunamis.
        • I have increased the number of working  Venezuelan target hosts monitored from SLAC from 3 to 8, to possibly assist in this.
        • Another interesting case study would be to look at the impact of hurricanes on Internet connectivity in say the Caribbean, see for example Hurricanes Irma and Maria 2017. 
      • Compare and contrast IPv6 with IPv4 behavior, identify outliers and understand - Umar, Les, and Saqib are looking at this.
    • Also, see PingER Papers and Presentations for some topics that have recently resulted in papers.

UAF/GHZU (Updated 2/14

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NUST: (No update 1/15/2019)

Unable to gather data from maggie1.seecs.edu.pk and monitor.seecs.edu.pk. Email sent 1/26/2019

  • results{monitor.seecs.edu.pk}[0] not defined, unable to gather data for 11 consecutive days this month
  • Skipping monitor.seecs.edu.pk(5) does not ping by name or address 111.68.101.10
  • Wajahat fixed maggie.seecs.edu.pk 2/29/2019, Les sent email 2/3/2019 to Wajahat asking about monitor1.seecs.edu.pk.
  • pinger.isra.edu.pk is not pingable and unable to gather data starting 2/11/2019.

Wajahat was unable to attend but provided the following update 12/8/2018

  • "We have been aggressively pursuing the three nodes(121.52.146.180 (kohat.edu.pk) down since Nov 22/2017; cae.seecs.edu.pk last time we were able to gather any data was September 2nd 2018; and pinger.isra.edu.pk no data since 5th Sept 2018, so it is a candidate to Disable). It appears to me that the participating institutes have started to lose interest in the project. Anyhow, we will keep pushing. Maybe a letter of appreciation from SLAC might rejuvenate their energies. What is your opinion?
  • We also need to formulate some research problems that have the potential of appearing in some well-known places. This might help in attracting NUST students which is getting harder these days. I need your help in this regard.
UAF/GHZU (Updated 1/18

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  • Saqib's current contract expires February 2019. Saqib reports that things are still unsure, his current contract cannot be renewed. He will return to Pakistan February 15th 2019. He has applied to multiple places in China, Pakistan, etc. He will probably join the University of Agriculture in Faisalabad. He plans to pursue the blockchain paper.

Thailand (No update 8/9/2018, No update 9/6/2018, No update 11/19/2018, 1/15/2019, 2/12/2019)

Charnsak is looking at a host in Champasak University, Chan Parsa province in Laos as a potential site for a PingER MA. Charnsak just got approved to make contact with the Champasak University. He expects to set up the MA in the next 4-5 months (say towards end 2018). It also depends on the partner university, and there may be a lot of paperwork.

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