Analysis of Internet Traffic Behavior during the Covid-19 Pandemic: the case of Colombia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31908/19098367.2012

Keywords:

Covid-19, pandemic, teletraffic, internet, performance model, traffic analysis

Abstract

One of the most critical situations in all world in 2020 year is the Covid-19 pandemic. All areas of society have colapsed due to the quarantine declared in several countries. One of the most important infrastructure resources in this situation is the Internet service because people have to work and study from home and such people connections have performed by Internet. Thus, Internet Service Providers had to endure increased traffic. In this paper, an analysis of Internet traffic over ISPs at Colombia was performed to understand what happened over such networks. Also, an estimate was made of the increase in network resources by means of a Closed Queued Network model. Results shows that Internet traffic increased for almost all operators with a percentage mean of 29.76 in March and 51.54 in April, and besides, network resources increased in a percentage near to 28.3 in March and 32.71 in April.

Author Biography

  • Jhon Jairo Padilla Aguilar, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana

    Doctor en Ingeniería Telemática por la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (2008). Magister en Informática por laq Universidad Industrial de Santander (1998). Ingeniero en Electrónica y Telecomunicaciones por la Universidad del Cauca (1993). Profesor Universitario desde hace 27 años. Es profesor universitario en la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana en su sede de Bucaramanga y es el líder del grupo de investigación en informática y telecomunicaciones de la misma universidad. Ha sido coordinador de la Especialización en Telecomunicaciones y de la Maestría en Ingeniería Electrónica de la UPB. Ha impartido cursos en diferentes instituciones nacionales e Internacionales como la ITU y la Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Ha hecho parte de la red de investigadores RIEGONETS sobre el uso de la electrónica y las Telecomunicaciones en la agricultura. Sus áreas de interés son: Redes Inalámbricas, Internet, IPv6, Teletráfico, Ingeniería de tráfico en Internet y Data Mining.

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Published

2020-12-21

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 28 (2020)

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Artículos

How to Cite

Analysis of Internet Traffic Behavior during the Covid-19 Pandemic: the case of Colombia. (2020). Entre Ciencia E ingeniería, 14(28), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.31908/19098367.2012