1 // Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #ifndef NET_BASE_NETWORK_QUALITY_ESTIMATOR_H_
6 #define NET_BASE_NETWORK_QUALITY_ESTIMATOR_H_
14 #include "base/gtest_prod_util.h"
15 #include "base/macros.h"
16 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
17 #include "base/threading/thread_checker.h"
18 #include "base/time/time.h"
19 #include "net/base/net_export.h"
20 #include "net/base/network_change_notifier.h"
26 // NetworkQualityEstimator provides network quality estimates (quality of the
27 // full paths to all origins that have been connected to).
28 // The estimates are based on the observed organic traffic.
29 // A NetworkQualityEstimator instance is attached to URLRequestContexts and
30 // observes the traffic of URLRequests spawned from the URLRequestContexts.
31 // A single instance of NQE can be attached to multiple URLRequestContexts,
32 // thereby increasing the single NQE instance's accuracy by providing more
33 // observed traffic characteristics.
34 class NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE NetworkQualityEstimator
35 : public NetworkChangeNotifier::ConnectionTypeObserver
{
37 // Creates a new NetworkQualityEstimator.
38 // |variation_params| is the map containing all field trial parameters
39 // related to NetworkQualityEstimator field trial.
40 explicit NetworkQualityEstimator(
41 const std::map
<std::string
, std::string
>& variation_params
);
43 ~NetworkQualityEstimator() override
;
45 // Returns true if RTT is available and sets |rtt| to estimated RTT.
46 // Virtualized for testing.
47 virtual bool GetRTTEstimate(base::TimeDelta
* rtt
) const;
49 // Returns true if downlink throughput is available and sets |kbps| to
50 // estimated downlink throughput (in Kilobits per second).
51 // Virtualized for testing.
52 virtual bool GetDownlinkThroughputKbpsEstimate(int32_t* kbps
) const;
54 // Notifies NetworkQualityEstimator that the response header of |request| has
56 void NotifyHeadersReceived(const URLRequest
& request
);
58 // Notifies NetworkQualityEstimator that the response body of |request| has
60 void NotifyRequestCompleted(const URLRequest
& request
);
62 // Returns true if median RTT is available and sets |rtt| to the median of
63 // RTT observations since |begin_timestamp|.
64 bool GetMedianRTTSince(const base::TimeTicks
& begin_timestamp
,
65 base::TimeDelta
* rtt
) const;
68 // NetworkID is used to uniquely identify a network.
69 // For the purpose of network quality estimation and caching, a network is
70 // uniquely identified by a combination of |type| and
71 // |id|. This approach is unable to distinguish networks with
72 // same name (e.g., different Wi-Fi networks with same SSID).
73 // This is a protected member to expose it to tests.
74 struct NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE NetworkID
{
75 NetworkID(NetworkChangeNotifier::ConnectionType type
, const std::string
& id
)
76 : type(type
), id(id
) {}
77 NetworkID(const NetworkID
& other
) : type(other
.type
), id(other
.id
) {}
80 NetworkID
& operator=(const NetworkID
& other
) {
86 // Overloaded because NetworkID is used as key in a map.
87 bool operator<(const NetworkID
& other
) const {
88 return type
< other
.type
|| (type
== other
.type
&& id
< other
.id
);
91 // Connection type of the network.
92 NetworkChangeNotifier::ConnectionType type
;
94 // Name of this network. This is set to:
95 // - Wi-Fi SSID if the device is connected to a Wi-Fi access point and the
96 // SSID name is available, or
97 // - MCC/MNC code of the cellular carrier if the device is connected to a
98 // cellular network, or
99 // - "Ethernet" in case the device is connected to ethernet.
100 // - An empty string in all other cases or if the network name is not
101 // exposed by platform APIs.
105 // Construct a NetworkQualityEstimator instance allowing for test
106 // configuration. Registers for network type change notifications so estimates
107 // can be kept network specific.
108 // |variation_params| is the map containing all field trial parameters for the
109 // network quality estimator field trial.
110 // |allow_local_host_requests_for_tests| should only be true when testing
111 // against local HTTP server and allows the requests to local host to be
112 // used for network quality estimation.
113 // |allow_smaller_responses_for_tests| should only be true when testing.
114 // Allows the responses smaller than |kMinTransferSizeInBytes| or shorter than
115 // |kMinRequestDurationMicroseconds| to be used for network quality
117 NetworkQualityEstimator(
118 const std::map
<std::string
, std::string
>& variation_params
,
119 bool allow_local_host_requests_for_tests
,
120 bool allow_smaller_responses_for_tests
);
122 // Returns true if the cached network quality estimate was successfully read.
123 bool ReadCachedNetworkQualityEstimate();
125 // NetworkChangeNotifier::ConnectionTypeObserver implementation.
126 void OnConnectionTypeChanged(
127 NetworkChangeNotifier::ConnectionType type
) override
;
130 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, StoreObservations
);
131 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, TestKbpsRTTUpdates
);
132 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, TestAddObservation
);
133 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, ObtainOperatingParams
);
134 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, HalfLifeParam
);
135 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(URLRequestTestHTTP
, NetworkQualityEstimator
);
136 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
,
137 PercentileSameTimestamps
);
138 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
,
139 PercentileDifferentTimestamps
);
140 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, ComputedPercentiles
);
141 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, TestCaching
);
142 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
,
143 TestLRUCacheMaximumSize
);
144 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, TestGetMedianRTTSince
);
146 // NetworkQuality is used to cache the quality of a network connection.
147 class NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE NetworkQuality
{
150 // |rtt| is the estimate of the round trip time.
151 // |downstream_throughput_kbps| is the estimate of the downstream
153 NetworkQuality(const base::TimeDelta
& rtt
,
154 int32_t downstream_throughput_kbps
);
155 NetworkQuality(const NetworkQuality
& other
);
158 NetworkQuality
& operator=(const NetworkQuality
& other
);
160 // Returns the estimate of the round trip time.
161 const base::TimeDelta
& rtt() const { return rtt_
; }
163 // Returns the estimate of the downstream throughput in Kbps (Kilo bits per
165 int32_t downstream_throughput_kbps() const {
166 return downstream_throughput_kbps_
;
170 // Estimated round trip time.
171 base::TimeDelta rtt_
;
173 // Estimated downstream throughput in Kbps.
174 int32_t downstream_throughput_kbps_
;
177 // CachedNetworkQuality stores the quality of a previously seen network.
178 class NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE CachedNetworkQuality
{
180 explicit CachedNetworkQuality(const NetworkQuality
& network_quality
);
181 CachedNetworkQuality(const CachedNetworkQuality
& other
);
182 ~CachedNetworkQuality();
184 // Returns the network quality associated with this cached entry.
185 const NetworkQuality
network_quality() const { return network_quality_
; }
187 // Returns true if this cache entry was updated before
188 // |cached_network_quality|.
189 bool OlderThan(const CachedNetworkQuality
& cached_network_quality
) const;
191 // Time when this cache entry was last updated.
192 const base::TimeTicks last_update_time_
;
194 // Quality of this cached network.
195 const NetworkQuality network_quality_
;
198 DISALLOW_ASSIGN(CachedNetworkQuality
);
201 // Records the round trip time or throughput observation, along with the time
202 // the observation was made.
203 struct NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE Observation
{
204 Observation(int32_t value
, base::TimeTicks timestamp
);
207 // Value of the observation.
210 // Time when the observation was taken.
211 const base::TimeTicks timestamp
;
214 // Holds an observation and its weight.
215 struct NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE WeightedObservation
{
216 WeightedObservation(int32_t value
, double weight
)
217 : value(value
), weight(weight
) {}
218 WeightedObservation(const WeightedObservation
& other
)
219 : WeightedObservation(other
.value
, other
.weight
) {}
221 WeightedObservation
& operator=(const WeightedObservation
& other
) {
223 weight
= other
.weight
;
227 // Required for sorting the samples in the ascending order of values.
228 bool operator<(const WeightedObservation
& other
) const {
229 return (value
< other
.value
);
232 // Value of the sample.
235 // Weight of the sample. This is computed based on how much time has passed
236 // since the sample was taken.
240 // Stores observations sorted by time.
241 class NET_EXPORT_PRIVATE ObservationBuffer
{
243 explicit ObservationBuffer(double weight_multiplier_per_second
);
244 ~ObservationBuffer();
246 // Adds |observation| to the buffer. The oldest observation in the buffer
247 // will be evicted to make room if the buffer is already full.
248 void AddObservation(const Observation
& observation
);
250 // Returns the number of observations in this buffer.
253 // Clears the observations stored in this buffer.
256 // Returns true iff the |percentile| value of the observations in this
257 // buffer is available. Sets |result| to the computed |percentile|
258 // value among all observations since |begin_timestamp|. If the value is
259 // unavailable, false is returned and |result| is not modified. Percentile
260 // value is unavailable if all the values in observation buffer are older
261 // than |begin_timestamp|.
262 // |result| must not be null.
263 bool GetPercentile(const base::TimeTicks
& begin_timestamp
,
265 int percentile
) const;
268 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, StoreObservations
);
269 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
,
270 ObtainOperatingParams
);
271 FRIEND_TEST_ALL_PREFIXES(NetworkQualityEstimatorTest
, HalfLifeParam
);
273 // Computes the weighted observations and stores them in
274 // |weighted_observations| sorted by ascending |WeightedObservation.value|.
275 // Only the observations with timestamp later than |begin_timestamp| are
276 // considered. Also, sets |total_weight| to the total weight of all
277 // observations. Should be called only when there is at least one
278 // observation in the buffer.
279 void ComputeWeightedObservations(
280 const base::TimeTicks
& begin_timestamp
,
281 std::vector
<WeightedObservation
>& weighted_observations
,
282 double* total_weight
) const;
284 // Holds observations sorted by time, with the oldest observation at the
285 // front of the queue.
286 std::deque
<Observation
> observations_
;
288 // The factor by which the weight of an observation reduces every second.
289 // For example, if an observation is 6 seconds old, its weight would be:
290 // weight_multiplier_per_second_ ^ 6
291 // Calculated from |kHalfLifeSeconds| by solving the following equation:
292 // weight_multiplier_per_second_ ^ kHalfLifeSeconds = 0.5
293 const double weight_multiplier_per_second_
;
295 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ObservationBuffer
);
298 // This does not use a unordered_map or hash_map for code simplicity (key just
299 // implements operator<, rather than hash and equality) and because the map is
301 typedef std::map
<NetworkID
, CachedNetworkQuality
> CachedNetworkQualities
;
303 // Throughput is set to |kInvalidThroughput| if a valid value is
304 // unavailable. Readers should discard throughput value if it is set to
305 // |kInvalidThroughput|.
306 static const int32_t kInvalidThroughput
;
308 // Tiny transfer sizes may give inaccurate throughput results.
309 // Minimum size of the transfer over which the throughput is computed.
310 static const int kMinTransferSizeInBytes
= 10000;
312 // Minimum duration (in microseconds) of the transfer over which the
313 // throughput is computed.
314 static const int kMinRequestDurationMicroseconds
= 1000;
316 // Minimum valid value of the variation parameter that holds RTT (in
317 // milliseconds) values.
318 static const int kMinimumRTTVariationParameterMsec
= 1;
320 // Minimum valid value of the variation parameter that holds throughput (in
322 static const int kMinimumThroughputVariationParameterKbps
= 1;
324 // Maximum size of the cache that holds network quality estimates.
325 // Smaller size may reduce the cache hit rate due to frequent evictions.
326 // Larger size may affect performance.
327 static const size_t kMaximumNetworkQualityCacheSize
= 10;
329 // Maximum number of observations that can be held in the ObservationBuffer.
330 static const size_t kMaximumObservationsBufferSize
= 300;
332 // Returns the RTT value to be used when the valid RTT is unavailable. Readers
333 // should discard RTT if it is set to the value returned by |InvalidRTT()|.
334 static const base::TimeDelta
InvalidRTT();
336 // Obtains operating parameters from the field trial parameters.
337 void ObtainOperatingParams(
338 const std::map
<std::string
, std::string
>& variation_params
);
340 // Adds the default median RTT and downstream throughput estimate for the
341 // current connection type to the observation buffer.
342 void AddDefaultEstimates();
344 // Returns an estimate of network quality at the specified |percentile|.
345 // Only the observations later than |begin_timestamp| are taken into account.
346 // |percentile| must be between 0 and 100 (both inclusive) with higher
347 // percentiles indicating less performant networks. For example, if
348 // |percentile| is 90, then the network is expected to be faster than the
349 // returned estimate with 0.9 probability. Similarly, network is expected to
350 // be slower than the returned estimate with 0.1 probability.
351 base::TimeDelta
GetRTTEstimateInternal(const base::TimeTicks
& begin_timestamp
,
352 int percentile
) const;
353 int32_t GetDownlinkThroughputKbpsEstimateInternal(
354 const base::TimeTicks
& begin_timestamp
,
355 int percentile
) const;
357 // Returns the current network ID checking by calling the platform APIs.
358 // Virtualized for testing.
359 virtual NetworkID
GetCurrentNetworkID() const;
361 // Writes the estimated quality of the current network to the cache.
362 void CacheNetworkQualityEstimate();
364 // Records the UMA related to RTT.
365 void RecordRTTUMA(int32_t estimated_value_msec
,
366 int32_t actual_value_msec
) const;
368 // Returns true only if |request| can be used for network quality estimation.
369 // Only the requests that go over network are considered to provide useful
371 bool RequestProvidesUsefulObservations(const URLRequest
& request
) const;
373 // Determines if the requests to local host can be used in estimating the
374 // network quality. Set to true only for tests.
375 const bool allow_localhost_requests_
;
377 // Determines if the responses smaller than |kMinTransferSizeInBytes|
378 // or shorter than |kMinTransferSizeInBytes| can be used in estimating the
379 // network quality. Set to true only for tests.
380 const bool allow_small_responses_
;
382 // Time when last connection change was observed.
383 base::TimeTicks last_connection_change_
;
385 // ID of the current network.
386 NetworkID current_network_id_
;
388 // Peak network quality (fastest round-trip-time (RTT) and highest
389 // downstream throughput) measured since last connectivity change. RTT is
390 // measured from time the request is sent until the first byte received.
391 // The accuracy is decreased by ignoring these factors:
392 // 1) Multiple URLRequests can occur concurrently.
393 // 2) Includes server processing time.
394 NetworkQuality peak_network_quality_
;
396 // Cache that stores quality of previously seen networks.
397 CachedNetworkQualities cached_network_qualities_
;
399 // Buffer that holds Kbps observations sorted by timestamp.
400 ObservationBuffer downstream_throughput_kbps_observations_
;
402 // Buffer that holds RTT (in milliseconds) observations sorted by timestamp.
403 ObservationBuffer rtt_msec_observations_
;
405 // Default network quality observations obtained from the network quality
406 // estimator field trial parameters. The observations are indexed by
409 default_observations_
[NetworkChangeNotifier::CONNECTION_LAST
+ 1];
411 // Estimated network quality. Updated on mainframe requests.
412 NetworkQuality estimated_median_network_quality_
;
414 base::ThreadChecker thread_checker_
;
416 DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(NetworkQualityEstimator
);
421 #endif // NET_BASE_NETWORK_QUALITY_ESTIMATOR_H_