Korean Home  |  Sitemap  |  Contact Us    Overview The growth of broadband networks and high-speed connectivity to subscribers has prompted widespread use of Peer-To-Peer (P2P) applications. P2P allows users to share large data files such as copyrighted music, video, and other content directly with other users anywhere on the network. P2P applications consume between 60 percent and 80 percent of bandwidth capacity available on ISP networks. Burgeoning demand also caused Internet carriers to upgrade their network capacity to handle the surging traffic. Challenge to Service Providers Subscribers can download and run various P2P clients, enabling the creation of a P2P network on any service provider's network. The location and bandwidth consumed by P2P users is not commonly dictated or controlled by service providers so that traffic caused by P2P clients become dominant in the network over time. ISP's have been faced with several P2P issues: Network congestion caused by P2P traffic on many occasions Customer dissatisfaction due to degraded broadband experience Need to purchase costly backbone links and bandwidth Difficulty of effective detection/control of P2P with conventional devices ARA Networks P2P Management Solution, PPTM(P2P Traffic Manager) ARA Networks P2P management solution, PPTM, provides a high performance and robust control system for P2P bandwidth consumption with a capability of analysis and control of P2P traffic at Gigabit wire speeds. Using PPTM, service providers can obtain immediate visibility into their networks, P2P bandwidth consumption, as well as user and application. Using ARA Networks PPTM solution with powerful traffic analysis and control capability, service provider can enhance their ability to manage the network, ensuring their revenues increase. Thorough Analysis of Network Traffic Many service providers have deployed the PPTM solution in order to effectively control P2P traffic. Featuring its unique application-layer traffic classification mechanisms, the solution is able to identify and detect all P2P traffic without packet loss and misidentification, including those using random or unassigned port numbers. Thorough Control of P2P Traffic Using the PPTM solution built on ARA Networks' unique IP traffic monitoring platform, NMP(Network Monitoring Platform), the PPTM solution implements flexible control policies on network traffic. Service providers can configure control policies flexibly per user and application so as to maintain percentage of bandwidth ratios for P2P traffic, ensuring that subscribers can still use P2P, but within acceptable bounds or contractual obligations. Thorough Guarantee of Revenue Increase Service providers can leverage their current network to manage the negative effects of P2P usage without alienating their subscriber base. This allows service providers to reduce key expenses like link and network bandwidth upgrades due to P2P over usage, leading to benefits such as increase of revenues, lower operational costs, and retain customers. The PPTM solution provides relief for P2P challenges while generating immediate, visible return on investment. One of the largest ISPs in Korea having suffered from Internet traffic surge of outbound international links was forced to tackle this headache. They deployed PPTM to monitor the traffic on their international links first. After several weeks of traffic monitoring and analysis, they found that eDonkey and Bittorrent were dominant among the network traffic and mostly generated by overseas users to download P2P files and the main cause prompting the strain of the outbound international backbone links. They chose to control P2P traffic by running multiple PPTM and benefited outbound traffic reduction of 2Gbps with annual saving of USD 5 billion as a result. Benefits - Decrease costs for network bandwidth increase - Evaluate and manage P2P usage per user - Identify highly abusive users and curb such usage - Control P2P per time of day and bandwidth availability - Improve customer satisfaction - Accurately report on P2P traffic - Maintain user-/application-based quotas - Configure bandwidth shaping Case Study Privacy  |  Legal  |    Copyright 2008 ARA Networks co., Ltd. All Right Reserved.