GENIUS

• Game Environments Internet Utilisation Study

  • So what are we trying to do?
    • Play Games?
    • Analyse Networking Gaming Traffic
    • More importantly understand characteristics of this traffic
  • Why?
    • PC Gaming/Video console market is lucrative
    • New opportunities for ISPs to offer services targeted at online game players

• Aims

  • To characterize the 'offered load' introduced by popular online, interactive, real-time games.
  • To gain an understanding of how games interact with networks.