Evaluating web user perceived latency using server side measurements

Computer Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 872-887

  Marshak, Marik ^a   Levy, Hanoch ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

HTTP; Local measuring; Perceived user latency; Web server

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BANDWIDTH; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HTTP; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SERVERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

USER PERCEIVED LATENCY; WEB SERVERS;

WEBSITES;

EID: 0037457635     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-3664(02)00220-7     Document Type: Article

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