Networked games - A QoS-sensitive application for QoS-insensitive users?

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Workshops

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 141-147

  Henderson, Tristan ^a   Bhatti, Saleem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; USER INTERFACES; WEB BROWSERS;

MEAL OPINION SCORE (MOS); NETWORKED GAMES;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 1642418488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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