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Performance Modeling and Analysis of Communication Networks. Tran-Gia, Phuoc; Hoßfeld, Tobias. In . Würzburg University Press, https://modeling.systems/, 2021.
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This textbook provides an introduction to common methods of performance modeling and analysis of communication systems. These methods form the basis of traffic engineering, teletraffic theory, and analytical system dimensioning. The fundamentals of probability theory, stochastic processes, Markov processes, and embedded Markov chains are presented. Basic queueing models are described with applications in communication networks. Advanced methods are presented that have been frequently used in recent practice, especially discrete-time analysis algorithms, or which go beyond classical performance measures such as Quality of Experience or energy efficiency. Recent examples of modern communication networks include Software Defined Networking and the Internet of Things. Throughout the book, illustrative examples are used to provide practical experience in performance modeling and analysis. Download: https://modeling.systems/

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Evaluation in the Crowd. Archambault, Daniel; Purchase, Helen C; Hoßfeld, Tobias. In . Springer, 2017.
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Proceedings of The 28th International Teletraffic Congress 2016 (ITC 28). Hoßfeld, Tobias; Chan, Gary; Mark, Brian L.; Timm-Giel, Andreas. ITC, IEEE, ACM, Würzburg, Germany, 2016.
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Book Chapter

Context Monitoring for Improved System Performance and QoE. Metzger, Florian; Hoßfeld, Tobias; Skorin-Kapov, Lea; Liotou, Eirini; Pocta, Peter; Melvin, Hugh; Siris, Vasilios; Zgank, Andrej; Jarschel, Michael. In Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services: Methods, Models, Approaches, Techniques, Algorithms, and Tools, I. Ganchev, R. D. van der Mei, H. van den Berg (eds.). Springer International Publishing, 2018.
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Whereas some application domains show a certain consensus on the role of system factors, human factors, and context factors, QoE management of multimedia systems and services is still faced with the challenge of identifying the key QoE influence factors. In this chapter, we focus on the potential of enhancing QoE management mechanisms by exploiting valuable context information. To get a good grip on the basics we first discuss a general framework for context monitoring and define context information, including technical, usage, social, economic, temporal, and physical factors. We then iterate the opportunities and challenges in involving context in QoE monitoring solutions, as context may be, e.g., hard to ascertain or very situational. The benefits of including context in QoE monitoring and management are demonstrated through use cases involving video flash crowds as well as online and cloud gaming. Finally, we discuss potential technical realizations of context-aware QoE monitoring and management derived based on the SDN paradigm.

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The Value of Context-Awareness in Bandwidth-Challenging HTTP Adaptive Streaming Scenarios. Liotou, Eirini; Hoßfeld, Tobias; Moldovan, Christian; Metzger, Florian; Tsolkas, Dimitris; Passas, Nikos. In Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services: Methods, Models, Approaches, Techniques, Algorithms, and Tools, I. Ganchev, R. D. van der Mei, H. van den Berg (eds.). Springer International Publishing, 2018.
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Video streaming has become an indispensable technology in people’s lives, while its usage keeps constantly increasing. The variability, instability and unpredictability of network conditions pose one of the biggest challenges to video streaming. In this chapter, we analyze HTTP Adaptive Streaming, a technology that relieves these issues by adapting the video reproduction to the current network conditions. Particularly, we study how context awareness can be combined with the adaptive streaming logic to design a proactive client-based video streaming strategy. Our results show that such a context-aware strategy manages to successfully mitigate stallings in light of network connectivity problems, such as an outage. Moreover, we analyze the performance of this strategy by comparing it to the optimal case, as well as by considering situations where the awareness of the context lacks reliability.

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Big-Data Helps SDN to Improve Application Specific Quality of Service. Schwarzmann, Susanna; Blenk, Andreas; Dobrijevic, Ognjen; Jarschel, Michael; Hotho, Andreas; Zinner, Thomas; Wamser, Florian. In Big Data and Software Defined Networks. Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2018.
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This chapter first provides an outline of the current results in the domains of: (a) quality-of-service (QoS) / quality-of-experience (QoE) control and management (CaM) for real-time multimedia services that is supported by software-defined networking (SDN), and (b) big data analytics and methods that are used for QoS/QoE CaM. Then, three specific use case scenarios with respect to video streaming services are presented, so as to illustrate the expected benefits of incorporating big data analytics into SDN-based CaM for the purposes of improving or optimizing QoS/QoE. In the end, we describe our vision and a high-level view of an SDN-based architecture for QoS/QoE CaM that is enriched with big data analytics' functional blocks and summarize corresponding challenges.

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Journal Articles

A Tutorial on Data-Driven Quality of Experience Modeling with Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Wehner, Nikolas; Seufert, Anika; Hoßfeld, Tobias; Seufert, Michael. In IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials. 2025.
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%0 Journal Article %1 info3-article-2025-2 %A Wehner, Nikolas %A Seufert, Anika %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %A Seufert, Michael %D 2025 %J IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials %T A Tutorial on Data-Driven Quality of Experience Modeling with Explainable Artificial Intelligence
Exploring the Application of Time Series Foundation Models to Network Monitoring Tasks. Wehner, Nikolas; Casas, Pedro; Dietz, Katharina; Geißler, Stefan; Hoßfeld, Tobias; Seufert, Michael. In Computer Networks, Special Issue on Generative and Explainable AI for Internet Traffic and Network Architectures. 2025.
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QoS and QoE Study of the European 5G Mobile Networks for Next Generation of Applications. Loh, Frank; Raithel, Flavian; Raffeck, Simon; Seufert, Anika; Fröhler, Robert; Heller, Claus; Hoßfeld, Tobias. In IEEE Communications Magazine. 2025.
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@article{info3-article-2025-4, author = {Loh, Frank and Raithel, Flavian and Raffeck, Simon and Seufert, Anika and Fröhler, Robert and Heller, Claus and Hoßfeld, Tobias}, journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine}, keywords = {5gqmon}, title = {QoS and QoE Study of the European 5G Mobile Networks for Next Generation of Applications}, year = 2025 }

%0 Journal Article %1 info3-article-2025-4 %A Loh, Frank %A Raithel, Flavian %A Raffeck, Simon %A Seufert, Anika %A Fröhler, Robert %A Heller, Claus %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %D 2025 %J IEEE Communications Magazine %T QoS and QoE Study of the European 5G Mobile Networks for Next Generation of Applications

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Article in Conference Proceedings

Balancing Sustainability and Performability: A Markov Model of a Photovoltaic-Powered Server Cluster Under Varying Load. Baur, Carina; Paulus, Theresa; Loh, Frank; Rudion, Krzysztof; Hoßfeld, Tobias. In KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on 6G Networks (WueWoWAS’25). 2025.
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@inproceedings{info3-inproceedings-2025-9, author = {Baur, Carina and Paulus, Theresa and Loh, Frank and Rudion, Krzysztof and Hoßfeld, Tobias}, booktitle = {KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on 6G Networks (WueWoWAS’25)}, keywords = {sustainet-advance}, month = 10, title = {Balancing Sustainability and Performability: A Markov Model of a Photovoltaic-Powered Server Cluster Under Varying Load}, year = 2025 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 info3-inproceedings-2025-9 %A Baur, Carina %A Paulus, Theresa %A Loh, Frank %A Rudion, Krzysztof %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %B KuVS Fachgespräch - Würzburg Workshop on 6G Networks (WueWoWAS’25) %D 2025 %T Balancing Sustainability and Performability: A Markov Model of a Photovoltaic-Powered Server Cluster Under Varying Load
LCDN: Providing Network Determinism with Low-Cost Switches. Diederich, Philip; Deshpande, Yash; Becker, Laura; Raunecker, David; Grigorjew, Alexej; Hoßfeld, Tobias; Kellerer, Wolfgang. In 21st International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM). 2025.
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@inproceedings{info3-inproceedings-2025-12, author = {Diederich, Philip and Deshpande, Yash and Becker, Laura and Raunecker, David and Grigorjew, Alexej and Hoßfeld, Tobias and Kellerer, Wolfgang}, booktitle = {21st International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM)}, keywords = {sys:hidden:inproceedings}, month = 10, title = {LCDN: Providing Network Determinism with Low-Cost Switches}, year = 2025 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 info3-inproceedings-2025-12 %A Diederich, Philip %A Deshpande, Yash %A Becker, Laura %A Raunecker, David %A Grigorjew, Alexej %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %A Kellerer, Wolfgang %B 21st International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM) %D 2025 %T LCDN: Providing Network Determinism with Low-Cost Switches
"Hello everyone": Realistic Crowdsourcing-based QoE Assessment of Multi-party Video Conferencing. Poignée, Fabian; Loh, Frank; Seufert, Michael; Hoßfeld, Tobias. In 17th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX). 2025.
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@inproceedings{info3-inproceedings-2025-10, author = {Poignée, Fabian and Loh, Frank and Seufert, Michael and Hoßfeld, Tobias}, booktitle = {17th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX)}, keywords = {ucn}, month = {09}, title = {"Hello everyone": Realistic Crowdsourcing-based QoE Assessment of Multi-party Video Conferencing}, year = 2025 }

%0 Conference Paper %1 info3-inproceedings-2025-10 %A Poignée, Fabian %A Loh, Frank %A Seufert, Michael %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %B 17th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX) %D 2025 %T "Hello everyone": Realistic Crowdsourcing-based QoE Assessment of Multi-party Video Conferencing

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Reports

Energy Use in Data Centers: Current Figures and Trends. Hoßfeld, Tobias. In VDE ITG News. VDE ITG, 2025.
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%0 Journal Article %1 https://doi.org/10.25972/opus-41670 %A Hoßfeld, Tobias %D 2025 %I VDE ITG %J VDE ITG News %R 10.25972/OPUS-41670 %T Energy Use in Data Centers: Current Figures and Trends %U https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/41670
White Paper on Crowdsourced Network and QoE Measurements – Definitions, Use Cases and Challenges. Technical Report (10.25972/OPUS-20232), . Hoßfeld, Tobias; Wunderer, Stefan; Beyer, André; Hall, Andrew; Schwind, Anika; Gassner, Christian; Guillemin, Fabrice; Wamser, Florian; Wascinski, Krzysztof; Hirth, Matthias; Seufert, Michael; Casas, Pedro; Tran-Gia, Phuoc; Robitza, Werner; Wascinski, Wojciech; Ben Houidi, Zied. Würzburg, 2020.
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The goal of the white paper at hand is as follows. The definitions of the terms build a framework for discussions around the hype topic ‘crowdsourcing’. This serves as a basis for differentiation and a consistent view from different perspectives on crowdsourced network measurements, with the goal to provide a commonly accepted definition in the community. The focus is on the context of mobile and fixed network operators, but also on measurements of different layers (network, application, user layer). In addition, the white paper shows the value of crowdsourcing for selected use cases, e.g., to improve QoE or regulatory issues. Finally, the major challenges and issues for researchers and practitioners are highlighted. This white paper is the outcome of the Würzburg seminar on “Crowdsourced Network and QoE Measurements” which took place from 25-26 September 2019 in Würzburg, Germany. International experts were invited from industry and academia. They are well known in their communities, having different backgrounds in crowdsourcing, mobile networks, network measurements, network performance, Quality of Service (QoS), and Quality of Experience (QoE). The discussions in the seminar focused on how crowdsourcing will support vendors, operators, and regulators to determine the Quality of Experience in new 5G networks that enable various new applications and network architectures. As a result of the discussions, the need for a white paper manifested, with the goal of providing a scientific discussion of the terms “crowdsourced network measurements” and “crowdsourced QoE measurements”, describing relevant use cases for such crowdsourced data, and its underlying challenges. During the seminar, those main topics were identified, intensively discussed in break-out groups, and brought back into the plenum several times. The outcome of the seminar is this white paper at hand which is – to our knowledge – the first one covering the topic of crowdsourced network and QoE measurements.

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Discrete-Time Analysis: Deriving the Distribution of the Number of Events in an Arbitrarily Distributed Interval. Technical Report (498), . Gebert, Steffen; Zinner, Thomas; Lange, Stanislav; Schwartz, Christian; Tran-Gia, Phuoc. University of Wuerzburg, 2016.
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%0 Report %1 info3-techreport-2016-1 %A Gebert, Steffen %A Zinner, Thomas %A Lange, Stanislav %A Schwartz, Christian %A Tran-Gia, Phuoc %D 2016 %N 498 %T Discrete-Time Analysis: Deriving the Distribution of the Number of Events in an Arbitrarily Distributed Interval

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Measuring and Improving the Quality of Experience of Trending Internet Applications in Mobile Networks. Technical Report (PhD dissertation), . Seufert, Anika. PhD dissertation. University of Würzburg, 2025, January.
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@phdthesis{info3-dissertation-2025-1, author = {Seufert, Anika}, keywords = {sys:hidden:supervisor:tobias.hoßfeld}, month = {01}, school = {University of Würzburg}, title = {Measuring and Improving the Quality of Experience of Trending Internet Applications in Mobile Networks}, year = 2025 }

%0 Thesis %1 info3-dissertation-2025-1 %A Seufert, Anika %D 2025 %T Measuring and Improving the Quality of Experience of Trending Internet Applications in Mobile Networks
Monitoring the Quality of Streaming and Internet of Things Applications. Technical Report (PhD dissertation), . Loh, Frank. PhD dissertation. University of Würzburg, 2024, January.
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@phdthesis{info3-dissertation-2024-1, author = {Loh, Frank}, keywords = {sys:hidden:supervisor:tobias.hoßfeld}, month = {01}, school = {University of Würzburg}, title = {Monitoring the Quality of Streaming and Internet of Things Applications}, year = 2024 }

%0 Thesis %1 info3-dissertation-2024-1 %A Loh, Frank %D 2024 %T Monitoring the Quality of Streaming and Internet of Things Applications
Performance Evaluation of Next-Generation Data Plane Architectures and their Components. Technical Report (PhD dissertation), . Geißler, Stefan. PhD dissertation. University of Würzburg, 2022, April.
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In this doctoral thesis we cover the performance evaluation of next generation data plane architectures, comprised of complex software as well as programmable hardware components that allow fine granular configuration. In the scope of the thesis we propose mechanisms to monitor the performance of singular components and model key performance indicators of software based packet processing solutions. We present novel approaches towards network abstraction that allow the integration of heterogeneous data plane technologies into a singular network while maintaining total transparency between control and data plane. Finally, we investigate a full, complex system consisting of multiple software-based solutions and perform a detailed performance analysis. We employ simulative approaches to investigate overload control mechanisms that allow efficient operation under adversary conditions. The contributions of this work build the foundation for future research in the areas of network softwarization and network function virtualization.

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%0 Thesis %1 info3-dissertation-2022-1 %A Geißler, Stefan %D 2022 %T Performance Evaluation of Next-Generation Data Plane Architectures and their Components %X In this doctoral thesis we cover the performance evaluation of next generation data plane architectures, comprised of complex software as well as programmable hardware components that allow fine granular configuration. In the scope of the thesis we propose mechanisms to monitor the performance of singular components and model key performance indicators of software based packet processing solutions. We present novel approaches towards network abstraction that allow the integration of heterogeneous data plane technologies into a singular network while maintaining total transparency between control and data plane. Finally, we investigate a full, complex system consisting of multiple software-based solutions and perform a detailed performance analysis. We employ simulative approaches to investigate overload control mechanisms that allow efficient operation under adversary conditions. The contributions of this work build the foundation for future research in the areas of network softwarization and network function virtualization.

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