An analysis of internet chat systems

Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM Internet Measurement Conference, IMC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 51-64

  Dewes, Christian ^a   Wichmann, Arne ^b   Feldmann, Anja ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chat; IRC; Network Measurements

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; HEURISTIC METHODS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ONLINE CONFERENCING; OPEN SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; WEB BROWSERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AOL INSTANT MESSENGER (AIM); INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC); NETWORK MEASUREMENTS; SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS);

INTERNET;

EID: 19544387615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/948213.948214     Document Type: Conference Paper

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