Network Analysis

  1. Practical Application: Performance Optimization
    1. Performance Assessment
      1. Current State Analysis
        1. Baseline Comparison
          1. Performance Metrics Collection
            1. Bottleneck Identification
            2. Performance Goals
              1. Service Level Objectives
                1. User Experience Requirements
                  1. Business Requirements
                2. Capacity Planning
                  1. Traffic Analysis
                    1. Historical Trend Analysis
                      1. Growth Patterns
                        1. Seasonal Variations
                          1. Usage Forecasting
                          2. Peak Usage Analysis
                            1. Peak Hour Identification
                              1. Peak Day Analysis
                                1. Special Event Planning
                              2. Bandwidth Utilization Analysis
                                1. Application Bandwidth Usage
                                  1. Top Applications
                                    1. Bandwidth Consumption Patterns
                                      1. Growth Projections
                                    2. Network Capacity Assessment
                                      1. Current Capacity Utilization
                                        1. Capacity Headroom Analysis
                                          1. Upgrade Planning
                                          2. Resource Planning
                                            1. Infrastructure Requirements
                                              1. Equipment Lifecycle Planning
                                                1. Budget Planning
                                              2. Quality of Service Analysis
                                                1. Traffic Classification
                                                  1. DSCP Marking Verification
                                                    1. Packet Marking Analysis
                                                      1. Classification Accuracy
                                                        1. Remarking Detection
                                                        2. Traffic Class Identification
                                                          1. Voice Traffic
                                                            1. Video Traffic
                                                              1. Data Traffic
                                                                1. Control Traffic
                                                              2. QoS Policy Effectiveness
                                                                1. Priority Queue Analysis
                                                                  1. Queue Depth Monitoring
                                                                    1. Service Rate Analysis
                                                                      1. Delay Characteristics
                                                                      2. Bandwidth Allocation
                                                                        1. Guaranteed Bandwidth
                                                                          1. Excess Bandwidth Sharing
                                                                            1. Bandwidth Utilization
                                                                          2. Performance Measurement
                                                                            1. Latency Analysis by Traffic Class
                                                                              1. Voice Latency Requirements
                                                                                1. Video Latency Requirements
                                                                                  1. Data Latency Tolerance
                                                                                  2. Jitter Analysis
                                                                                    1. Jitter Buffer Requirements
                                                                                      1. Jitter Impact Assessment
                                                                                        1. Jitter Reduction Techniques
                                                                                        2. Loss Analysis by Priority
                                                                                          1. Critical Traffic Protection
                                                                                            1. Best Effort Traffic Handling
                                                                                              1. Loss Recovery Mechanisms
                                                                                          2. Application Performance Optimization
                                                                                            1. Application Behavior Analysis
                                                                                              1. Traffic Pattern Analysis
                                                                                                1. Request-Response Patterns
                                                                                                  1. Data Transfer Patterns
                                                                                                    1. Connection Patterns
                                                                                                    2. Protocol Efficiency Assessment
                                                                                                      1. Protocol Overhead Analysis
                                                                                                        1. Unnecessary Traffic Identification
                                                                                                          1. Optimization Opportunities
                                                                                                        2. Network Optimization Techniques
                                                                                                          1. Caching Strategies
                                                                                                            1. Content Caching
                                                                                                              1. DNS Caching
                                                                                                                1. Application Caching
                                                                                                                2. Compression Techniques
                                                                                                                  1. Data Compression
                                                                                                                    1. Header Compression
                                                                                                                      1. Image Compression
                                                                                                                      2. Connection Optimization
                                                                                                                        1. Connection Pooling
                                                                                                                          1. Keep-Alive Optimization
                                                                                                                            1. Multiplexing Techniques
                                                                                                                          2. Application-specific Optimization
                                                                                                                            1. Web Application Optimization
                                                                                                                              1. HTTP Optimization
                                                                                                                                1. Content Delivery Networks
                                                                                                                                  1. Browser Caching
                                                                                                                                  2. Database Application Optimization
                                                                                                                                    1. Query Optimization
                                                                                                                                      1. Connection Management
                                                                                                                                        1. Data Transfer Optimization
                                                                                                                                        2. File Transfer Optimization
                                                                                                                                          1. Transfer Protocol Selection
                                                                                                                                            1. Parallel Transfers
                                                                                                                                              1. Resume Capabilities