TCP connection management mechanisms for improving internet server performance

2006 1st IEEE Workshop on Hot Topics in Web Systems and Technologies, HotWeb

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shukla, Amol ^a,b   Brecht, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b RealNetworks Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLASH CROWDS; INTERNET SERVERS; NEW MECHANISMS; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; OVERLOAD CONDITIONS; RESPONSE TIMES; RETRANSMISSION; TCP CONNECTIONS; TCP STACKS; WEB SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MECHANISMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); TECHNOLOGY; THROUGHPUT; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SERVERS;

EID: 50049135306     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HOTWEB.2006.355264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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