Understanding instant messaging traffic characteristics

Proceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Zhen, Xiao ^a   Lei, Guo ^b   Tracey, John ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MULTITASKING; ONLINE CONFERENCING; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SERVERS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

INSTANT MESSAGING; INSTANT MESSENGER; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 34848889285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICDCS.2007.149     Document Type: Conference Paper

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