VGO 2 March 2003 Online Gaming Midterm Presentation March 2003
VGO 2 March 2003 Team Members Gustavo Z. Basilio Gunnar Wretlind Niklas Åbrink Nrip Nihalani Kristoffer Sjögren Philippe Villeneuve
VGO 2 March 2003 Overview What is Online Gaming Project Goals Work Done on IPv6 and GPRS Further Development Summary Questions
VGO 2 March 2003 Online Gaming What is Online Gaming Development Factor Problems
VGO 2 March 2003 Goals IPv6 vs. IPv4 GPRS IPv6 over GPRS Recommendations
VGO 2 March 2003 IPv6 vs. IPv4 Measurements –Compare Game Traffic –QoE in the IPv6 Internet Advantages of IPv6 for Online Gaming
VGO 2 March 2003 IPv6 Setup Network –FreeBSD Computer as a Router –Windows 2000 Game –Quake and Quake II –IPv6 Patch from Viagenie
VGO 2 March 2003 Measurements Measurement and Traffic Shaping Tools Game traffic QoE – Quality of Experience
VGO 2 March 2003 Current Results Analysis of the Measurements IPv6 Advantages for Online Gaming
VGO 2 March 2003 Testing Gaming on GPRS AIM Test Ability of GPRS to Support Gaming Obtain the QoE for a Wide Spectrum of Games Test the Limits of GPRS as Regards Gaming Experience
VGO 2 March 2003 Testing Gaming on GPRS The Testing Environment GATE(GPRS Application Test Environment) A NS-2 Based GPRS Simulator Real Time GPRS Networks
VGO 2 March 2003 Testing Gaming on GPRS The Testing Environment –Laptops –Compaq IPAQ –Nokia D211 Radio Card –Analyser Network Analyser
VGO 2 March 2003 Testing Gaming on GPRS Definition of Multiplayer Redefined Types of Game –Realtime, Eg. Rally –Turn Based Eg. Chess –SMS Games Eg. Elite
VGO 2 March 2003 Testing Gaming on GPRS Unavailability of Simulators Unavailability of Games Stress Test GPRS Using PC games Test Different Categories of Games to Determine Limits on GPRS Categorize Games Based on Network Requirements eg. Delay, Bandwidth
VGO 2 March 2003 Result of measurements Games Tested –Chess –Pool Average Delays in Excess of 2 seconds Average Bandwidth of 18kbps Further Complication: Network Availability not Guaranteed.
VGO 2 March 2003 What will come Finishing GPRS Measurements with M-SOSP Written Report of Concluded Goals Remaining Deliverables Last 2 Goals
VGO 2 March 2003 Summary Lack of Support Lack of Games Lack of Measurement Tools
VGO 2 March 2003 Questions?