The Effects of Traffic Structure on Application and Network Performance

• Main Authors: Aikat, Jay (Author), Jeffay, Kevin (Author), Smith, F. Donelson (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer organization.; Computer communication systems.; Computer system failures.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; System Performance and Evaluation.

Over the past three decades, the Internet's rapid growth has spurred the development of new applications in mobile computing, digital music, online video, gaming and social networks. These applications rely heavily upon various underlying network protocols and mechanisms to enable, maintain and...