Scaling Internet services by dynamic allocation of connections

Proceedings of the 6th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management: Distributed Management for the Networked Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 171-184

  Goldszmidt, G ^a   Hunt, G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Internetworking; Traffic Management

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LOADS; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL; VIRTUAL ADDRESSES; WEB SERVICES;

ALLOCATION METHODS; DYNAMIC ALLOCATIONS; DYNAMIC LOAD SHARING; INTERNET SERVICES; INTERNETWORKING; TCP CONNECTIONS; TCP/IP HEADERS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 85013581537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INM.1999.770682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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