A Framework for Geospatial Speed Test Platform using Holistic Approach
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
This study proposes a framework for a geospatial internet speed test platform, specifically designed to assess the broadband network experience in Thailand. The novelty of this research lies in its comprehensive approach to broadband internet quality assessment, uniquely measuring internet performance from ISPs sources to end-users using custom-designed reTerminal hardware devices based on Raspberry Pi 4. Tests were conducted involving four major broadband service providers. Data were collected from 30 speed test devices, which were installed at the source of each service provider network, and 200 internet user devices. The total number of data records collected was 25,000. The results indicated that the Download Percentage Average was 64.30%, while the Upload Percentage Average was 71.84%. The average latency and jitter were 11.82 ms and 16.53 ms, respectively. All speed test parameters at the source of the ISPs network were found to reach almost 100% compared to the speed test network devices of the ISPs. This means that ISPs provide internet quality according to the standards set by the NBTC. These results can assist the NBTC for setting relevant policies or strategies to improve the quality of broadband internet services at user's sites.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
References
S. Kemp, “Digital 2023: Thailand,” DataReportal, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://datareportal.com/reports/ digital-2023-thailand/. Accessed: Jan. 12, 2024.
Statista, “Countries with the fastest average fixed broadband internet speeds as of April 2023 (in Mbps),” Statista, 2023. [Online]. Available: https: //www.statista.com/statistics/896772/ countries-fastest-average-fixed-broadband -internet-speeds/ . Accessed: Jan. 12, 2024.
M. Y. Simargolang and A. Widarma, “Quality of Service (QoS) for Network Performance Analysis Wireless Area Network (WLAN),” CESS (Journal of Computer Engineering, System and Science), vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 162-171, 2022.
T. Suzuki and K. Tanaka, “A New Scheduling Algorithm for Shortening Response Time of Static Priority Task,” ECTI-CIT Transactions, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 208–221, Jun. 2022.
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, “Powers and Duties of the NBTC,” NBTC. Accessed: Jan. 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.nbtc.go.th/About/ PowerNBTC.aspx
N. Feamster and J. Livingood, “Measuring Internet Speed: Current Challenges and Future Recommendations,” Communications of the ACM, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 72-80, 2020.
Ookla, “About Ookla Speedtest,” Speedtest by Ookla. Accessed: Nov. 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.speedtest.net/about
Ookla, “Ookla Speedtest methodology,” Speedtest by Ookla. Accessed: Nov. 11, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://help.speedtest. net/hc/en-us/articles/360038679354
Fast.com, “Fast—The Fast Speed Test (Powered by Netflix),” Fast.com. Accessed: Nov. 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://fast.com/
nPerf, “nPerf speed test,” nPerf. Accessed: Nov. 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www. nperf.com/th/
Measurement Lab, “Speed Test by Measurement Lab,” Measurement Lab. Accessed: Nov. 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://speed. measurementlab.net/
iPerf, “iPerf: The ultimate speed test tool for TCP, UDP and SCTP,” iPerf. Accessed: Nov. 13, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://iperf. fr/
S. Jantavongso and S. Chimmanee, “Performance Comparison of Internet 4G Service Providers in Bangkok, Thailand,” in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Green and Human Information Technology, pp. 19-24, 2018A
T. Daengsi, S. Chatchalermpun, P. Praneetpolgrang and P. Wuttidittachotti, “A Study of 4G Network Performance in Thailand Referring to Download Speed,” 2020 IEEE 10th Symposium on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE), Malaysia, pp. 160-163, 2020.
R. K. P. Mok, H. Zhang, R. Yang, T. Kompella, E. Katz-Bassett and K. C. Claffy, “Measuring the network performance of Google Cloud Platform,” in Proceedings of the 21st ACM Internet Measurement Conference (IMC’21), pp. 54–61, 2021.
T. Daengsi, P. Ungkap, P. Pornpongtechavanich and P. Wuttidittachotti, “QoS Measurement: A Comparative Study of Speeds and Latency for 5G Network Using Different Speed Test Applications for Mobile Phones,” 2021 IEEE 7th International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA), Bandung, Indonesia, pp. 206-210, 2021.
X. Deng, Y. Feng, T. Sutjarittham, H. H. Gharakheili, B. Gallego and V. Sivaraman, “Comparing broadband ISP performance using big data from M-Lab,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.09795, 2021.
U. Paul, J. Liu, V. Adarsh, M. Gu, A. Gupta and E. Belding, “Characterizing performance inequity across US Ookla Speedtest users,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.12038, 2021.
J. Han, M. Lyu and V. Sivaraman, “On the validity of internet speed test platforms and broadband measurement programs,” in Proceedings of the 17th Asian Internet Engineering Conference (AINTEC ’22), pp. 1–9, 2022.
Y. Z. Jembre, W.-Y. Jung, M. Attique, R. Paul and B. Kim, “Mobile broadband performance evaluation: Analysis of national reports,” Electronics, vol. 11, no. 3, p. electronics11030485, 2022.
T. Daengsi, P. Ungkap, and P. Wuttidittachotti, “5G Quality of Service: A case study of BTS Skytrain station areas,” Journal of Digital Communications, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 81–105, 2023.
K. MacMillan, T. Mangla, J. Saxon, N. P. Marwell and N. Feamster, “A comparative analysis of Ookla Speedtest and Measurement Labs Network Diagnostic Test (NDT7),” inProceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 41–42, 2023. 75
S. Das and S. Kalafatis, “Speed Testing for Measuring Network Traffic in a Smart Network Switch,” 2024 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), Big Island, HI, USA, pp. 446-450, 2024.
B. Umsura, K. Chaidee, K. Puansurin, D. Manoruang, P. Wimooktayone, K. Boontasri and W. Kaenmueng “Enhancing Smart Farming Capabilities for Small-Scale Cattle Farmers in Chiang Rai, Thailand,” ECTI-CIT Transactions, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 1–13, Jan. 2024.
A. Kantasa–ard, N. Phakdee and N. Wattanamongkhol, cInvestigating the applicable position of established cloud servers using the hybrid partitional clustering,” 2023 International Electrical Engineering Congress (iEECON), Krabi, Thailand, pp. 20-24, 2023.
A. Banerjee and R. N. Dave, “Validating clusters using the Hopkins statistic,” 2004 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37542), Budapest, Hungary, vol.1, pp. 149-153, 2004.
M. Charrad, N. Ghazzali, V. Boiteau and A. Niknafs, “NbClust: An R package for determining the relevant number of clusters in a data set,” Journal of Statistical Software, vol. 61 no. 6, pp. 1–36, 2014.
K. Kempf-Leonard, Encyclopedia of Social Measurement. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 2004. [Online]. Available: https:// philpapers.org/rec/KEMEOS. Accessed: Sep. 3, 2022.
R. Arnab, Survey Sampling Theory and Applications. Cambridge, MA, USA: Academic Press, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://books. google.co.th/books?id=8_IbDQAAQBAJ. Accessed: Sep. 3, 2022.
AIMultiple, “30 network performance metrics to measure network health,” Oct. 4, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://aimultiple.com/ network-performance-metrics. Accessed: Aug. 21, 2025.
Obkio, “19 network metrics: How to measure network performance,” Mar. 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://obkio.com/blog/ how-to-measure-network-performance -metrics/. Accessed: Aug. 21, 2025.
Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior, “Population registration statistics, 2024,” 2024. [Online]. Available: https: //stat.bora.dopa.go.th/. Accessed: Aug. 10, 2025.
