Analysis of dependencies between failures in the UNINETT IP backbone network

A. J. Gonzalez; B.E. Helvik; J. K. Hellan; Pirkko Kuusela

doi:10.1109/PRDC.2010.12

Analysis of dependencies between failures in the UNINETT IP backbone network

A. J. Gonzalez, B.E. Helvik, J. K. Hellan, Pirkko Kuusela

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Abstract

Dependencies between failures in operational networks may have a huge impact on their reliability and availability. In this paper we analyze failure logs to identify simultaneous and potentially correlated failures in routers and links of an IP backbone network. We show that the actual behavior of failure processes does not support the independence assumption commonly used in theoretical studies. Scatter plots are presented to visualize the failure processes, and it is seen that geographical adjacency has a pronounced effect. The existence of high correlation coefficients and high autocorrelation in some failure processes was observed. A formal analysis confirms this. The consequences of these dependencies on the provisioning of guaranteed availability are briefly discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 2010 IEEE 16th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2010)
Subtitle of host publication	Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2010
Place of Publication	Los Alamitos, CA, USA
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	149-156
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-8975-6, 978-0-7695-4289-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PRDC.2010.12
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication

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Gonzalez, A. J., Helvik, B. E., Hellan, J. K., & Kuusela, P. (2010). Analysis of dependencies between failures in the UNINETT IP backbone network. In Proceedings 2010 IEEE 16th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2010): Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2010 (pp. 149-156). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/PRDC.2010.12

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Gonzalez, AJ, Helvik, BE, Hellan, JK & Kuusela, P 2010, Analysis of dependencies between failures in the UNINETT IP backbone network. in Proceedings 2010 IEEE 16th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2010): Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2010. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Los Alamitos, CA, USA, pp. 149-156. https://doi.org/10.1109/PRDC.2010.12

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Proceedings 2010 IEEE 16th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2010): Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2010. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2010. p. 149-156.

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Gonzalez AJ, Helvik BE, Hellan JK, Kuusela P. Analysis of dependencies between failures in the UNINETT IP backbone network. In Proceedings 2010 IEEE 16th Pacific Rim International Symposium on Dependable Computing (PRDC 2010): Tokyo, Japan, 13-15 Dec. 2010. Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2010. p. 149-156 doi: 10.1109/PRDC.2010.12

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