USE OF GIS TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE QOS IN COMPUTER ...

USE OF GIS TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE QOS IN COMPUTER NETWORKS Priyankara ACP1, Adikaram KKLB1, Piyaratne MKDK1, Andrahannadi DT1, Samarawickrama UI1 1

Computer Unit, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Abstract Faults in computer networks have direct impact on network and service availability and maintenance costs. Thus efficient fault elimination, fault prevention, and removal of their causes are of special interest. Possibilities that arise from the implementation of new technologies, such as GIS systems and tracking systems for fault locations, can significantly help network operators to reduce network down-time, improve its quality, and therefore the quality of services (QoS) that are provisioned by that network. In GIS technology we are presenting spatial information which is worth a thousand words. Nevertheless, most of the existing network monitoring solutions provide on time information on isolated graphs without using such technologies. When the numbers of monitoring points are high, it is difficult to extract information within a short period. In this paper, we proposed a solution for representing network information with means of GIS technology. We can use any SNMP tool for collecting of attribute data related to network management and monitoring devices and GPS location of each networking device is stored in a database along with collected attributes. Finally, we can use LAMP stack with Google Maps API to present results of monitoring queries on a web browser graphically. The proposed solution can be implemented on geographically spread large scale computer network to monitor backbone and critical equipment like routers, switches, firewalls, loadbalancers. Also, this can use to monitor servers, services, values of traffic and error rates. Keywords: Computer Network, QoS, Fault Location, GIS, GPS