On the predictability of large transfer TCP throughput

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 145-156

  He, Qi ^a   Dovrolis, Constantine ^a   Ammar, Mostafa ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network measurement; Performance evaluation; TCP modeling; Time series forecasting

Indexed keywords

NETWORK MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; TCP MODELING; TIME SERIES FORECASTING; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; NETWORK MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; TCP THROUGHPUT PREDICTION; UNDERLYING NETWORKS;

ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; FORECASTING; FUNCTIONS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; TIME SERIES; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

DATA TRANSFER; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 33847269834     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090191.1080110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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