An empirical evaluation of TCP performance in online games

International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Kuan Ta ^a,b   Huang, Chun Ying ^a   Huang, Polly ^a   Lei, Chin Laung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Internet measurement; MMOG; Network games; Performance analysis; Transport protocols

Indexed keywords

INTERNET MEASUREMENT; NETWORK GAMES; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS;

ALGORITHMS; GAME THEORY; LOGIC DESIGN; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PACKET NETWORKS; RELIABILITY THEORY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 34547228149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178823.1178830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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