Provisioning On-line Games: A Traffic Analysis of a Busy Counter-Strike Server

Proceedings of the 2nd Internet Measurement Workshop (IMW 2002)

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 151-156

  Feng, Wu Chang ^a   Chang, Francis ^a   Feng, Wu Chi ^a   Jonathan, Walpole ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; ROUTERS; SERVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

ON-LINE GAMES;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141539346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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