Network performance: Does it really matter to users and by how much?

2013 5th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks, COMSNETS 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Sitaraman, Ramesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TOOL; BEHAVIORAL DATA; BUSINESS MODELS; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK; CONTENT PROVIDERS; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; LARGE AMOUNTS; MEDICAL SCIENCE; NETWORK MEASUREMENT; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; ONLINE VIDEO; PERFORMANCE RESEARCH; REAL-WORLD NETWORKS; USER BEHAVIORS; USER SATISFACTION; VIDEO CONTENTS; VIDEO DELIVERY;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84874781003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS.2013.6465563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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