Measuring IP and TCP behavior on edge nodes with Tstat

Computer Networks

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-21

  Mellia, Marco ^a   Lo Cigno, R ^b   Neri, F ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Internet traffic measurements; Passive measurements; TCP performance

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; SERVERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CLIENT-SERVER COMMUNICATION; CONSTANT BIT RATE (CBR); INTERNET TRAFFIC MEASUREMENTS; PASSIVE MEASUREMENTS;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

EID: 9544246743     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1286(04)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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